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