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