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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           
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           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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