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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. .&..&&&.&.
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.&&.&&&... 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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