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