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// Lightspeed Magazine
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Jempo took a deep bow on the iron platform. His body flopped forward, limbs like thick braided wire. No obvious weapons in his large and rubbery hands. Little digital eyes and a bright smile that lit the rounded ball he had for a head. More clown than competitor at first glance.
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I killed four hundred soldier bots all vying for the same thing before I realized there was no such thing as anti-war if our invention was the solution.