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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST    KNIFE,     CUTEST     KNIFE.           
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      .    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         , 
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           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           
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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           
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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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