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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.           
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           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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