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