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.^~;†*&###                 EXOBUBBLE                ###&*†;~^.
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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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...^~;;†&#        #;;~~~ DEMO INCIDENT ~~~;;#       #&†;;~^...
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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.^~~~†**&#      WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.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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