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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.                                      
                                                              
           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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           (Crystal  Oil, Lead  Glass, Gentle Laser           
 ,         Curtains) Only To  Carve  It  Apart  And           
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           Refractured,  Grown  Again.  Deliciously           
           Honed.  Mirr  Sinks  Further  Below  The   $       
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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           
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