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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.      ,    
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,     CUTEST    KNIFE.           
                                                              
           WE   WILL   GROW   HUMANS   IN  PEA-PODS           
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           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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