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§§......§§ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S IN  THE ROCKY ........§§
§..§§§§..§ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S .§§§§§§..§
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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.          $
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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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