§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ « « « « « «  «  « « « « « « «  «  « «  « ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨ †     †       †      †     †     †     † ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§§ †             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.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨