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@,,@,@,@,@               @@@@  @@@@                 ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@               @@@@@ @@@@@                ,@,@,@,@@,
@,,@,@,@,@               @@@@@@@@@@@@               ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@                                          ,@,@,@,@@,
@,,@,@,@,@ ######################################## ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@ #########  ##  ##  ##   #####   ######## ,@,@,@,@@,
@,,@,@,@,@ ########   #   ##  ##  #  ###  #  ###### ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@ #######        ##  ##    ####    ####### ,@,@,@,@@,
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@,,@,@,@,@ ######################################## ,@,@,@,,@,
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@,,@,@,@,@ THERE  IS  ANOTHER  COMPANY. A  CLIMBING ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@ AND PENETRATING VINE.  IT'S IN THE ROCKY ,@,@,@,@@,
@,,@,@,@,@ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@ DEEP BELOW.  GLISTENING SILVER  BURROWS, ,@,@,@,@@,
@,,@,@,@,@ RED-PINK  LOGO,   UNCLEAR   NATIONALITY, ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@@,@,@,@ VEILED MOTIVES.                          ,@,@,@,@@,
 ^                                                            
           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.)                                      
                                                              
        ^  ########################################           
                                                              
           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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