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MACHINE DREAMS

Alexei Taylor, Author
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The first encounter


Looking around the Abu Dhabi mall, I couldn’t help but realize how big the place was. While my eyes were scanning the display windows of my favorite shops, it caught my attention. I loved to go shopping at Bershka because the store always managed to provide unique and fashionable products. I had been there just a few days earlier, but the shirt that caught my eye was new. A simple white shirt, printed on it front was one of the characters from the “Angry Birds”. Or, so I thought. At second glance, I realized that the original red, furious but irresistibly cute character had been slightly altered to appear female. It had a grey bow on top of its head and sported long, seductive looking eyelashes. My attention would not been drawn to it, had it not been for the fact that my roommate and I had recently begun to play the Angry Birds game together, taking turns to crack the levels, often on weekend mornings.
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