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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ 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.           
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           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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