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