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  .        A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.           
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           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.        .  
                                                              
           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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