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    ~      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.                              ,       
                                                              
           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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           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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