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           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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