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           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           
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           IN  THE  MEANTIME,   DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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