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