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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 withdrawn from the public eye.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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