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       ,   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       ,   
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           LEFT.                                              
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           IN  THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS   CREATIONS.           
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