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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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           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.                                              
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    *      IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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