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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ THERE  IS  ANOTHER  COMPANY.  A CLIMBING ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S  IN THE ROCKY ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ¨§¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§ DEEP  BELOW.  GLISTENING SILVER BURROWS, §§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨ RED-PINK   LOGO,   UNCLEAR  NATIONALITY, ¨§§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨§§¨ VEILED MOTIVES.                          §¨¨§§¨§¨¨¨
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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           
           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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