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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,           
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    ,      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.                                           
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           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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