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,@,@@,@,@, 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.                                   %       
                                                              
      ,    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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