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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.                                      
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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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           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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