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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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.....-~††& 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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