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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.  ####*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@#                                          #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@#                                          #@##*%:~^.
.....~~:%#       @::~~~ 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.        @#*::^^...
.^^^~:%**#                                          #**%:~^^^.
.^~:%*##@#                                          #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*##@#       @::~~~ 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. #****%:~^.
.....^~%##                                          ##%~^.....
......^:%#       THE CREATURES WERE CONSIDERED      #%:^......
.....^~:*#   BIOWEAPONS, AND WERE DESTROYED. THIS   #*:~^.....
.^~:%*##@# SPARKED  EVEN   FURTHER   DEBATE   ABOUT #@##*%:~^.
.^~:%*####                                          ####*%:~^.
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