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