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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.                          ¨¨§¨§§§§¨§
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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.                                              
                                                              
           IN   THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ¨    
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