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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           
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           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,           
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           TO  CUT  THROUGH  MOUNTAIN  AND   METAL.           
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           WHEN THAT  SOMETHING  WAS FOUND ON  THAT           
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           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           
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           AI,  BEING UNLEASHED UPON THE YOUTH? AND           
           ANOTHER  CONSPIRACY  THEORY ABOUT  THERE           
           NOT ACTUALLY BEING  ANY  HUMAN EMPLOYEES           
           LEFT.                                              
                                                              
           IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
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