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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 ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§§¨§¨§ DEEP  BELOW.  GLISTENING SILVER BURROWS, ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨ RED-PINK   LOGO,   UNCLEAR  NATIONALITY, ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
¨§§¨§§¨§¨§ VEILED MOTIVES.                          ¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§
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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.                                      
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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.                                           
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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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