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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.           
                                                              
           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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