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           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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