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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.                                      
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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           
       :   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.                                           
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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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