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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.           
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           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.                                              
                                                              
           IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ¨    
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