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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.                                ¨     
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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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