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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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