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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 #%*,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=*%$#£@#      UNFOLDING AFTER THE EXPLOSION,      #@£#$%*=,¨
¨,=*%$#££@ ANEMOEITIAI  WAS  STILL CONSCIOUS BUT IN @££#$%*=,¨
¨,=*%$#### SEVERE  SHOCK. HE HAD SUFFERED NO DAMAGE ####$%*=,¨
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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¨¨¨¨,,*$##      WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.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   ££$$*=¨¨¨¨
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