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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.                                      
                                                              
           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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