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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.                          ,§,§,§,§,§
                                                              
           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           
           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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