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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,           
           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.                                           
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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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