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.§.§§.§§.§ AND  PENETRATING VINE. IT'S IN THE ROCKY .§.§.§.§.§
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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.           
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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      -    
           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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