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           SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.           
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           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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           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           
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           BEACH, NOW THE  MIRRORS ARE ALL USED  TO           
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           IMPLEMENTS,   AS  A  RATHER  STATIC  AND           
           BORING POWER SOURCE. (AND  SUBTLE THREAT           
           OF VIOLENCE.)                                .     
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           AI, BEING UNLEASHED UPON THE  YOUTH? AND           
           ANOTHER  CONSPIRACY THEORY  ABOUT  THERE           
      ~    NOT ACTUALLY BEING  ANY HUMAN  EMPLOYEES           
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