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