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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.                                      
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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.                                        ,  
                                                              
     ,     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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