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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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