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           A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
           SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.           
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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           
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           THE  COMPANY IS  NAMED  FOR  IT'S  FIRST           
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           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.           
                                                              
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           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           
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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           
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           REFRACTURED,  GROWN  AGAIN.  DELICIOUSLY           
      %    HONED.  MIRR  SINKS  FURTHER  BELOW  THE           
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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           
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