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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          §
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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.           
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  ,        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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