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