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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.                                     ,
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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.                                           
                                                              
           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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