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      .    A  CAVE  COMPANY,  A  MAGICIAN  COMPANY.           
*          SHARPEST    KNIFE,     CUTEST     KNIFE.           
                                                              
           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           
-          LEFT.                                              
                                                              
           IN  THE   MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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