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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.           &%*/~.....
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...~/*%&¶@ 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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......~/*% ¶¶¶&&~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&&¶¶¶ %*/~......
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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.           ~.........
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.......~/*     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.     /~........
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......~/*% 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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