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'Blue' - 'Azul'

'Blue' It all happened on his first humanitarian aid mission to Somalia in 2017. There he witnessed a historic event. He headed a special military unit in which its members were equipped with the latest advances in sustainable technology. Devices to combat endemic diseases, seeds that could bear fruit after hours of being planted, robots with which they communicate with the population, bird robots, known as 'blue' due to their bright and striking plumage, which were actually devices camouflaged with which to recognize the terrain from a certain height and who could also talk to the frightened natives. Upon discovering that a bird asked them questions in their language, the natives imagined all kinds of curses and misfortunes. Only one half-naked boy in the frightened crowd dared challenge him and issued a challenge, with the proviso that if he failed, the bird would become the boy's. 'Blue' answering with a resounding 'yes'. The boy then asked him if...