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