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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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           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          ,
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           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           
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           IMPLEMENTS,  AS   A  RATHER  STATIC  AND           
           BORING POWER  SOURCE. (AND SUBTLE THREAT        %  
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           THE  AI   IS  A   CORAL.  THEY  GROW  IT           
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           CURTAINS)  ONLY  TO  CARVE IT APART  AND           
           SECTION  IT.   TO   BECOME  CONDITIONED,           
           REFRACTURED,  GROWN  AGAIN.  DELICIOUSLY           
           HONED.  MIRR  SINKS  FURTHER  BELOW  THE           
           SURFACE.                                           
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           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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