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,@,@,@,,@, 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.           
         =                                                ,   
           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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