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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.     ¨     
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           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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