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§¨§§§¨¨§§¨ THERE IS  ANOTHER  COMPANY.  A  CLIMBING §§§§¨§§§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§¨§¨ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S IN THE  ROCKY ¨¨¨§§¨¨§§¨
¨§¨§§§§§§¨ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ DEEP  BELOW. GLISTENING SILVER  BURROWS, ¨§§§§§§§¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§§ RED-PINK   LOGO,  UNCLEAR   NATIONALITY, §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ VEILED MOTIVES.                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
                                                              
     ¨     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.      ,    
                                                              
           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.                                              
                                                              
           IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ¨    
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