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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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           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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