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§§§§§§§§§. PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ....§§§§§§
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   .       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.                                      
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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.    .      
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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       .   
           LEFT.                                          .   
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           IN   THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.       .   
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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