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           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.                                      
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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.           
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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.                                           
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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           
           Left.                                       .      
                                                              
           In  The   Meantime,  Dubious  Creations.           
           Cerberus Bodies Are Born.                     .    
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