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.§.§.§.§.§ 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.         % 
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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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           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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