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§.§.§.§.§. THERE  IS ANOTHER  COMPANY.  A  CLIMBING .§.§§.§.§.
§.§.§.§.§. AND PENETRATING VINE.  IT'S IN THE ROCKY §§..§.§.§.
§.§.§.§.§. PLAINS,  IT'S  INSIDE  THE  HILLS,  IT'S .§.§§.§.§.
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§.§.§.§.§. RED-PINK  LOGO,   UNCLEAR   NATIONALITY, .§.§§.§.§.
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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.                                              
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           IN  THE   MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     .    
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