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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.           
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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.                                           
                                                              
   =       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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