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           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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           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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           (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.                                           
                                                              
           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.           
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