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