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§¨¨§§§§§¨§ 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, ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨§
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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           
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           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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