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#....#.#.. virtual popstar with mirr-branded ##.#.#.##.
##...####. gloves, reaching out from shadowy data #.######.#
..#..#...# centeres, with a sly grin. she will .##.....##
#.##.##..# take your hand if you let her. .#.#....#.
###.##.#.# she will not let go. #####...##
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...#.##... but before any of this is possible, you .....##.##
#..###.#.. must earn some personal time together #....#.##.
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....##.#.. most people are aware that she's a mirr ...##..###
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#.#.#..#.# speculation into who's her actor, many #.##.....#
.#####.### believing there to me more than one. ###.#....#
##....##.. what they don't know is that #..###...#
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.##.#.#... years of relentless training, of .#...##.##
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#.##....#. here is now this program running on ##.#.###.#
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##.###..#. dedicated and affectable audience. her ###...#.#.
#.##..#.## appearance, her voice, her #..#..####
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##....##.. recommending her to friends, or other .##.###..#
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.###....#. those who play along will be rewarded ###..#..##
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