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