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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           
                                                              
           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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           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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