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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           
                                                              
           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.                                           
                                                              
§          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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