~       
   ~                                                          
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              
                     #                                        
                    ###,,                                     
                     #   ,,,,                        ~        
       ~                     ,,,,   ######                    
                                 ,,,,#####                    
 ,                                    ####           ~        
                                      ,###                    
                                     ,  ##                    
                         #          ,    #                   =
                         ##        ,                          
  ,                      ###      ,                           
                         ####    ,                            
                         #####  ,                       =     
     ~                   ######,                              
#,###,,#,#               #    ,#                    ,#,,###,,,
#,,##,##,#               ##  , ##                   ##,#,##,,#
#,#,#,,#,#               ###   ###                  ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,#               ####  ####                 ##,#,##,#,
#,#,#,,#,#               ##### #####                ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,#               ############               ##,#,##,#,
#,#,#,,#,#                                          ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,# ######################################## ##,#,##,#,
#,#,#,,#,# #########  ##  ##  ##   #####   ######## ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,# ########   #   ##  ##  #  ###  #  ###### ##,#,##,#,
#,#,#,,#,# #######        ##  ##    ####    ####### ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,# ######  #   #  ##  ##  #  ###  #  ###### ##,#,##,#,
#,#,#,,#,# #####  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##  ##### ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,# ######################################## ##,#,##,#,
#,#,#,,#,#                                          ,#,#,,#,#,
#,#,#,##,# 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           
                                                              
           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.           
                                                              
           ########################################           
                                                              
       =   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.)                                      
        ,                                                     
           ########################################           
                                                       ,      
       ~   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.                     ,    
                                                        ,     
,          ########################################    ,      
                            #######################   ,       
    ~                        ######################  ,        
                              ##################### ,         
,                              ####################           
                               ,###################           
                              ,  ##################         = 
                             ,    #################           
                            ,     ,################           
,                          ,     ,  ###############    ,      
                          ,     ,    ##############           
                         ,     ,      #############           
                        ,     ,        ############          =
                       ,     ,          ###########           
                            ,           ,##########      ,    
                           ,           ,  #########           
                          ,           ,    ########           
                         ,                  #######          ,
                        ,                    ######           
                       ,                      #####           
                      ,                        ####           
                     ,                          ###           
                    ,                            ##    ~      
       ,                                          #       ,