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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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