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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           
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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.           
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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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