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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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#@#£%^:«.¨   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 «««::@       ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^££
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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£%:::.¨¨¨¨      withdrawn from the public eye.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   ¨.«:^%£#@@
#@#£%^:«.¨ 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.            ¨.«:^%£###
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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   ¨¨¨¨¨««:^£
#@#£%^:«.¨ sparked   even  further   debate   about ¨.«:^%£#@#
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