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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           
           Implements,   As  A  Rather  Static  And           
           Boring  Power Source. (And Subtle Threat           
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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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