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§§§§§¨§¨§¨ THERE  IS ANOTHER  COMPANY.  A  CLIMBING ¨¨§§§§§§§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§§§§ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S  IN THE ROCKY ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ DEEP BELOW. GLISTENING  SILVER  BURROWS, ¨§¨¨¨¨§§§§
¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§ RED-PINK  LOGO,   UNCLEAR   NATIONALITY, §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§§§¨¨¨¨§¨ VEILED MOTIVES.                          ¨§¨¨§§¨¨§§
                                                              
           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.           
                                                              
           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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