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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.                                           
                                                              
        -  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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