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&$††~-.... † featherbite † ....-~††$&
@&$††~-... † † † † † † ...-~††$&@
#@&$††~-.. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ..-~††$&@#
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#@&$††~-.. ..-~††$&@#
@&$††~-... virtual popstar with mirr-branded ...-~††$&@
&$††~-.... gloves, reaching out from shadowy data ....-~††$&
$††~-..... centeres, with a sly grin. she will .....-~††$
††~-...... 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! .........-
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†~-....... -& &- .......-~†
††~-...... @@@&&~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&&@@@ ......-~††
$††~-..... -& &- .....-~††$
&$††~-.... ....-~††$&
@&$††~-... most people are aware that she's a mirr ...-~††$&@
#@&$††~-.. company product, though their relation ..-~††$&@#
##@&$††~-. is somewhat unclear. there is avid .-~††$&@##
#@&$††~-.. speculation into who's her actor, many ..-~††$&@#
@&$††~-... believing there to me more than one. ...-~††$&@
&$††~-.... what they don't know is that ....-~††$&
$††~-..... featherbite is an ai. .....-~††$
††~-...... ......-~††
†~-....... 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 ......-~††
$††~-..... featherbite, being denied access at .....-~††$
&$††~-.... this stage often leads to painful ....-~††$&
@&$††~-... withdrawal. just the threat of it is ...-~††$&@
#@&$††~-.. effective. ..-~††$&@#
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