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.§.§.§.§§. AND PENETRATING VINE.  IT'S IN THE ROCKY §.§.§§.§.§
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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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