,                                                          = 
                                                              
                                                     :        
 ,                                                            
                     #                                        
                    ###,,                                     
:                    #   ,,,,                                 
       ,                     ,,,,   ######                 =  
                                 ,,,,#####                    
    :                                 ####              :     
                                      ,###            :       
                                     ,  ##                    
       ,                 #          ,    #                    
                         ##        ,                          
     ,                   ###      ,                           
                         ####    ,                            
                         #####  ,                             
                         ######,                          ,   
,,,##,,#,,               #    ,#                    #,##,,#,,#
#,,#,#,##,               ##  , ##                   ,##,#,##,#
,#,#####,#               ###   ###                  ##,####,##
####,,,,##               ####  ####                 #,##,,,##,
#,,,#,,,#,               ##### #####                ###,#,,#,#
,#,,##,,##               ############               ,,,###,###
###,#,#,#,                                          #,,#,,##,,
#,,####### ######################################## ,#,##,#,#,
##,#,,,,,, #########  ##  ##  ##   #####   ######## ####,#####
,,###,,,,, ########   #   ##  ##  #  ###  #  ###### #,,,##,,,,
,,#,,#,,,, #######        ##  ##    ####    ####### ,#,,#,#,,,
,,##,##,,, ######  #   #  ##  ##  #  ###  #  ###### ###,####,,
,,#,##,#,, #####  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##### #,,##,,,#,
,,###,###, ######################################## ##,#,#,,##
#,#,,##,,#                                          ,,#####,#,
####,#,#,# there  is  another  company. a  climbing ,,#,,,,###
,,,,###### and  penetrating vine. it's in the rocky #,##,,,#,,
,,,,#,,,,, plains,  it's  inside  the  hills,  it's ,##,#,,##,
,,,,##,,,, deep below.  glistening  silver burrows, ,#,###,#,#
#,,,#,#,,, red-pink  logo,   unclear   nationality, ,###,,####
,#,,####,, veiled motives.                          ,#,,#,#,,,
                                                              
 =         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.           
                                                              
           ########################################       :   
                                                     ,        
           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.)                                      
         ,                                                    
  ,        ########################################         , 
                                                              
           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.                     ,    
                                                        ,     
,          ########################################    ,      
                            #######################   ,       
    :                        ######################  ,        
                              ##################### ,         
                               ####################           
                               ,###################         : 
                              ,  ##################          :
                             ,    #################           
                            ,     ,################         , 
                           ,     ,  ###############           
                          ,     ,    ##############           
                         ,     ,      #############           
                        ,     ,        ############           
                       ,     ,          ###########           
                            ,           ,##########           
                           ,           ,  #########           
                          ,           ,    ########           
       ,                 ,                  #######           
                        ,                    ######        :  
                       ,                      #####           
                      ,                        ####           
                     ,                          ###           
                    ,                            ##           
                                                  #           
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                                                       ,