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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.           
                                                              
           WE   WILL   GROW  HUMANS   IN   PEA-PODS           
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      ¨    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.                                           
                                                              
           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.        ¨  
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ¨    
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