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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.                          §§,§§,§,§,
                                                              
           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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           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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