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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,,,~«\*%§@      WITHDRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.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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