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           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.                                           
                                                              
           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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