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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.           
                                                              
       †   WE   WILL  GROW   HUMANS   IN   PEA-PODS           
                                                              
       .   SHIMMERING     SOUND-CARD     EMERGENCE,           
           SOMETHING   THERE  ON   THE   SHORE   OF           
           TURTLE BEACH.  THE  PRIMORDIAL  SOUP  OF           
           THE  DIGITAL,  WAVES   IN  DITHERING  OF           
           THIRD-RATE  DAC'S,  CARESSING  THE SAND,   .       
           BRINGING THINGS UP  FROM  THE DEPTHS  OF         . 
           THE CIRCUIT. AND THERE,  DEPOSITED:  THE           
         , FIRST   SEED   CRYSTAL   OF   ARTIFICIAL           
           INTELLIGENCE.                                      
                                                              
           THIS   CHANGES  EVERYTHING,  OF  COURSE.           
                                                              
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           THE  COMPANY  IS  NAMED FOR  IT'S  FIRST           
           PRODUCT,  THE  ORBITAL  MIRROR,  BOTH  A          .
           PASSIVE  SENTINEL AND  AN ACTIVE  TORCH:   .       
           SET  TO  IT'S  WIDEST  CONFIGURATION  IT    .      
           WILL LIGHT UP A  WHOLE  CITY  AT  NIGHT,           
           AND AT ITS NARROWEST IT BECOMES  A LASER           
           TO  CUT  THROUGH  MOUNTAIN  AND   METAL.           
                                                              
     †     STILL  UNSOLD  PROTOTYPES  BY  THE  TIME           
 .         WHEN  THAT SOMETHING WAS  FOUND  ON THAT           
           BEACH,  NOW THE MIRRORS ARE ALL USED  TO           
           BEAM    ENERGY    AT   DIFFERENT    MIRR           
           IMPLEMENTS,   AS  A  RATHER  STATIC  AND           
           BORING POWER  SOURCE. (AND SUBTLE THREAT           
           OF VIOLENCE.)                                      
                                                              
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           THE  AI   IS  A  CORAL.   THEY  GROW  IT           
           (CRYSTAL  OIL, LEAD  GLASS, GENTLE LASER           
           CURTAINS)  ONLY  TO  CARVE IT APART  AND           
           SECTION   IT.   TO  BECOME  CONDITIONED,           
           REFRACTURED,  GROWN  AGAIN.  DELICIOUSLY         . 
           HONED.  MIRR  SINKS  FURTHER  BELOW  THE          .
           SURFACE.                                           
                                                              
           WHISPERS  NOW, ABOUT  FEATHERBITE...  IS           
           SHE  A REAL PERSON? OR IS  THIS THE MIRR           
           AI, BEING UNLEASHED UPON  THE YOUTH? AND        .  
           ANOTHER  CONSPIRACY  THEORY  ABOUT THERE           
        .  NOT  ACTUALLY BEING  ANY HUMAN EMPLOYEES           
       ,   LEFT.                                              
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           IN   THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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