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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.                                      
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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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