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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.                                           
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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.           
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