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      .    A  Cave  Company,  A  Magician  Company.        *  
           Sharpest     Knife,     Cutest    Knife.           
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           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.           
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           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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