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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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           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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           (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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