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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.                                      
                                                              
   .       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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