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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.                                              
                                                              
           IN   THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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