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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.                                       .   
                                                              
           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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