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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           
                                                              
           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      %    
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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           
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           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           
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           IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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