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¨§¨§¨§§¨§§ THERE  IS  ANOTHER COMPANY.  A  CLIMBING ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S  IN THE ROCKY ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§§ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§ DEEP BELOW. GLISTENING  SILVER  BURROWS, ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§§ RED-PINK   LOGO,  UNCLEAR   NATIONALITY, ¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨¨§¨¨§ VEILED MOTIVES.                          ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§
                                                              
           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.                                      
                                                              
           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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