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###¤%§^~,,                 EXOBUBBLE                ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,                                          ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,       THE EXOBUBBLE IS A PROTOTYPE       ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,          EXOSKELETON CREATED BY          ,,~^§%¤###
¤¤§~~~,,,,  AMATA TEXNOLOGIYASI'S MILTECH COMPANY.  ,,,,~~~§¤¤
¤¤%§~~,,,, IT'S  MOSTLY  MARKETED   AS  A  STRENGTH ,,,,~~§%¤¤
####¤§^~,,  MULTIPLIER, FOR LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS.  ,,~^§¤####
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####%§^~,,       #^^~~~ DEMO INCIDENT ~~~^^#        ,,~^§%####
###¤%§^~,,                                          ,,~^§%¤###
¤§^~,,,,,,  DURING THE FIRST PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION   ,,,,,,~^§¤
###¤%§^~,,      IN TWENTY TWENTYFOUR, THE PILOT     ,,~^§%¤###
#¤¤%§^,,,,  BOUS ANEMOEITIAI WAS SEVERELY INJURED   ,,,,^§%¤¤#
###¤%§^~,,    WHEN DEMONSTRATING THE EXOBUBBLE'S    ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,, ABILITY TO WITHSTAND  MORTAR SHELLS.  IT ,,~^§%¤###
¤%%^,,,,,,    SUCCESSFULLY DETECED THE EXPLOSIVE    ,,,,,,^%%¤
#¤%§^~,,,, DEVICE  AND AUTOMATICALLY FOLDED  INTO A ,,,,~^§%¤#
###¤%§^~,,      BLAST-RESISTANT FORM; DUE TO A      ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,  MISCALIBRATION OF ANEMOEITIAI'S HEIGHT, ,,~^§%¤###
¤¤%^,,,,,, HIS LEFT  ARM AND LEG WERE CRUSHED. UPON ,,,,,,^%¤¤
###¤%§^~,,      UNFOLDING AFTER THE EXPLOSION,      ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,, ANEMOEITIAI  WAS STILL CONSCIOUS  BUT IN ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,, SEVERE SHOCK. HE HAD SUFFERED NO  DAMAGE ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,        FROM THE ACTUAL EXPLOSION.        ,,~^§%¤###
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###¤%§^~,,                                          ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,       #^^~~~ MUPPET SCANDAL ~~~^^#       ,,~^§%¤###
#%^^,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,^^%#
####¤%^~,,  WHILE ANEMOEITIAI'S CONTRACT DID WAIVE  ,,~^%¤####
¤¤¤¤%§^~,, ALL CLAIMS  FOR DAMAGES  DUE  TO INJURY, ,,~^§%¤¤¤¤
###¤%§^~,, DUE TO  THE EVENT BEING LIVESTREAMED AND ,,~^§%¤###
####¤%§^,,        THE FOLLOWING PR BLOWBACK,        ,,^§%¤####
#¤%%^~,,,, TEXNOLOGIYASI PROMISED TOP-OF-THE-WORLD  ,,,,~^%%¤#
###¤%§^~,, CARE  WITH PROSTHETICS OR REGROWN LIMBS. ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,        ANEMOEITIAI WAS MOVED TO A        ,,~^§%¤###
#%^~,,,,,,     TEXNOLOGIYASI HOSPITAL, WHERE WAS    ,,,,,,~^%#
¤%^^,,,,,,      WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.      ,,,,,,^^%¤
###¤%§^~,,                                          ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,     IN THE HOSPITAL ANEMOEITIAI WAS      ,,~^§%¤###
¤§~~,,,,,,  PROVIDED WITH FIVE SENTIENT FELT-LIKE   ,,,,,,~~§¤
###¤%§^~,, CREATURES, MEANT  TO ASSIST  HIM  DURING ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,,   INITIAL RECOVERY. UPON LEARNING THAT   ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,, THEY COULD NOT  DISOBEY HIS COMMANDS, HE ,,~^§%¤###
#¤%%^,,,,, STARTED  ORDERING THEM TO PERFORM SEXUAL ,,,,,^%%¤#
¤¤§~,,,,,, ACTS ON HIM. A VIDEO OF THIS  WAS LEAKED ,,,,,,~§¤¤
¤§^^,,,,,,            BY HOSPITAL STAFF.            ,,,,,,^^§¤
¤¤%%%§^~,,                                          ,,~^§%%%¤¤
###¤%§^~,,  THE DENT IN TEXNOLOGIYASI'S REPUTATION  ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,, DUE  TO  THE EXOBUBBLE  MALFUNCTION  WAS ,,~^§%¤###
###¤%§^~,, QUICKLY ECLIPSED BY "THE MUPPET  VIDEO", ,,~^§%¤###
¤§~,,,,,,, AS    IT    CAME    TO    BE     CALLED. ,,,,,,,~§¤
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##¤¤%§^~,,       THE CREATURES WERE CONSIDERED      ,,~^§%¤¤##
###¤%§^~,,   BIOWEAPONS, AND WERE DESTROYED. THIS   ,,~^§%¤###
#¤¤§^,,,,, SPARKED   EVEN   FURTHER   DEBATE  ABOUT ,,,,,^§¤¤#
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