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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.                                      
                                                              
           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           
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           IN  THE   MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
           CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN.                     ,    
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