=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†
$†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†$
$$†=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=†$$
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#@$$†=,¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨¨,=†$$@#
@#@$$†=,¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨,=†$$@#@
#@#@$$†=,¨ † † † † † † † ¨,=†$$@#@#
@#@$$†=,¨¨ † featherbite † ¨¨,=†$$@#@
#@$$†=,¨¨¨ † † † † † † ¨¨¨,=†$$@#
@$$†=,¨¨¨¨ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¨¨¨¨,=†$$@
$$†=,¨¨¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨¨¨¨,=†$$
$†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†$
†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†
$†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ those who play along will be rewarded ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†$
$$†=,¨¨¨¨¨ with larger perks, while those who are ¨¨¨¨¨,=†$$
@$$†=,¨¨¨¨ uncooperative or try to expose ¨¨¨¨,=†$$@
#@$$†=,¨¨¨ featherbite will be punished. due to ¨¨¨,=†$$@#
@#@$$†=,¨¨ the addictive nature of exposure to ¨¨,=†$$@#@
#@#@$$†=,¨ featherbite, being denied access at ¨,=†$$@#@#
@#@$$†=,¨¨ this stage often leads to painful ¨¨,=†$$@#@
#@$$†=,¨¨¨ withdrawal. just the threat of it is ¨¨¨,=†$$@#
@$$†=,¨¨¨¨ effective. ¨¨¨¨,=†$$@
$$†=,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,=†$$
$†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†$
†=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=†
=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,