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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.           
                                                              
           WE   WILL   GROW  HUMANS   IN   PEA-PODS           
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   .       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.                                           
                                                              
           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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