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