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.§§..§§§§. THERE  IS  ANOTHER  COMPANY. A  CLIMBING .....§§§§.
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§§§§§..... PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S .§§......§
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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,     CUTEST    KNIFE.           
                                                              
           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.           
                                                              
           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.                                           
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           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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