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