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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           
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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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