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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.                                           
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           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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