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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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