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##@£@=:«~.       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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#@£=«~....  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,      .~«:=@£@##
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##@£@=:«~. SEVERE SHOCK. HE HAD  SUFFERED NO DAMAGE .~«:=@£@##
##@£@=:«~.        FROM THE ACTUAL EXPLOSION.        .~«:=@£@##
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##@£@=:«~.       #::««« MUPPET SCANDAL «««::#       .~«:=@£@##
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###£@=:«~.  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      WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.      .~«:=@£@##
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#@£@=::«~.     IN THE HOSPITAL ANEMOEITIAI WAS      .~«::=@£@#
##@£@=:«~.   PROVIDED WITH FIVE SENTIENT FELT-LIKE  .~«:=@£@##
###@£@:«~. CREATURES,  MEANT  TO ASSIST  HIM DURING .~«:@£@###
##@£@=:«~.   INITIAL RECOVERY. UPON LEARNING THAT   .~«:=@£@##
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#@£@=:«... STARTED ORDERING THEM  TO PERFORM SEXUAL ...«:=@£@#
##@£@=:«~. ACTS ON HIM. A VIDEO OF  THIS WAS LEAKED .~«:=@£@##
##@£@=:«~.            BY HOSPITAL STAFF.            .~«:=@£@##
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##@£@=:«~.  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   .......«=£
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