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