¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ;     ;      ;     ;      ;     ;      ; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ;              featherbite             ; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ;      ;       ;       ;      ;        ; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~  ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨    virtual popstar with mirr-branded     §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ gloves, reaching  out  from shadowy data §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ centeres, with  a  sly  grin.  she  will §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ take  your   hand   if   you   let  her. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§           she will not let go.           ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ but before  any of this is possible, you ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ must  earn some  personal time  together §¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ with the world's most famous influencer! ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ ,§                                    §, §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ £££§§~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~§§£££ §§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ,§                                    §, §§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ most people are aware that she's a  mirr ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨  company product, though their relation  ¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§ is  somewhat  unclear.  there  is   avid ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ speculation into who's  her  actor, many ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨ believing  there to  me more  than  one. §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§ what    they    don't   know   is   that §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§          featherbite is an ai.           ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨     years of relentless training, of     ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨¨¨ grinding  test audiences  to  dust,  and ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§¨¨ here is  now  this  program  running  on §¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨§¨ mirr's supercluster, trained to amass  a ¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§  dedicated and affectable audience. her  ¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨        appearance, her voice, her        ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨  mannierisms... are weapons, pointed at  ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨§§     the public, instilling addiction,    ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§§         dependence, and loyalty.         ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ ,§                                    §, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ £££§§~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~§§£££ §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ ,§                                    §, §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨ featherbite's social media accounts are  §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§    constantly pushing for donations,     ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§ recommending  her  to friends, or  other ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ contributions. at  the center of this is ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ an  official  fanclub,  operating  on  a ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨     system of reward and punishment.     §¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ those  who  play  along will be rewarded ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ with larger  perks, while those  who are ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨      uncooperative or try to expose      ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ featherbite  will  be punished.  due  to ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨ the  addictive  nature  of  exposure  to §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨    featherbite, being denied access at   §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ this  stage   often  leads   to  painful ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ withdrawal.  just  the  threat of  it is ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨                effective.                ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§