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...§...§§§ PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S ...§.§§§.§
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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.           
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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      .    
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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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