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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           
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           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           
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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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