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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.                          §§§¨¨§§¨§§
                                                              
    =      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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