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 *         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.                                           
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           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.                                              
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    *      IN   THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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