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       .   A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,     CUTEST    KNIFE.           
                                                          †   
           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.                                      
                                                              
           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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