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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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,          (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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