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§¨¨§§§§¨§§ 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.                                      
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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.                                              
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           IN  THE   MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ¨    
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