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Once upon a time...

Lightning Piggy's Origin Story

Born in an industrial pig farm, he and his family are kept in cramped suffering conditions.

While on the way to slaughter there's a massive thunderstorm, and the lorry he's travelling in gets struck by lightning. He runs free and the farmer chases him into a forest.

While on the run he dives down a rabbit hole. He hears voices outside and keeps on running, deep down the hole. It turns out the hole is very deep indeed.

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He sees a floating figure ahead, it's a space cat called Hodlnaut. They meet and Hodlnaut gives him a headlight in the shape of a lightning bolt, so that he can find the way.

He then meets a golden monkey called Schifty who tries to trade his light for a dumb lump of rock, but the piggy politely declines and the monkey goes on his way, swinging from overhanging tree roots.

Lightning Piggy, lost, hungry and scared, meets a rat called Craig, who sends him the wrong way towards a killer ants nest.

Fortunately an orange-eyed white rabbit—who knows the hole well—jumps to the rescue and gives the piggy a map with a route to the secret “Chamber of Answers”.

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Following the map he finds the Chamber of Answers, deep down the rabbit hole, where two cypherpunks, Satoshi (an owl) and Hal (a black leopard), are busy writing code. They give Lightning Piggy a brightly coloured songbird called Torogoz, to lead him out to a new world, where everyone is free to live their lives and save for their family's futures.

The Beginning :)

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