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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.           
                                                              
           WE   WILL   GROW   HUMANS  IN   PEA-PODS           
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           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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