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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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           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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           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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