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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.                                     .
                                                              
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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           
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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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