Effects affecting adjacent objects persist indefinitely if the object causing it is turned into another object.

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https://app.wordbots.io/card/dxoqx41mk34
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The first robot prevents adjacent robots from attacking, moving, or activating.
Second robot turn a random adjacent robot into a copy of itself each turn.

Putting both robots next to each other result in the first one turning into a copy of the second one, but any robot affected by the first one (e.g. the second robot) stay unable to do anything.