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¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ THERE  IS ANOTHER  COMPANY.  A  CLIMBING ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ AND PENETRATING VINE.  IT'S IN THE ROCKY ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ DEEP BELOW. GLISTENING  SILVER  BURROWS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ RED-PINK  LOGO,   UNCLEAR   NATIONALITY, §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ VEILED MOTIVES.                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
                                                              
           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.      .    
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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.                                              
                                                              
   *       IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ¨    
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