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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.           
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           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.                                      
                                                              
           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           
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     .     IN  THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS   CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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