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    .      A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
       .   SHARPEST     KNIFE,     CUTEST    KNIFE.           
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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.                                      
                                                              
           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   $       
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           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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