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