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