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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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           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.                                             ,
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           IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ,    
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