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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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           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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