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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.                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
   ,       SHARPEST    KNIFE,     CUTEST     KNIFE.     ¨     
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           WE   WILL   GROW   HUMANS  IN   PEA-PODS           
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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   ¨       
           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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