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           A  Cave  Company,  A  Magician  Company.           
           Sharpest    Knife,     Cutest     Knife.           
                                                              
       .   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.           
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           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.                                           
                                                              
           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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