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    ,      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  ,        
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           PRODUCT,  THE  ORBITAL  MIRROR,  BOTH  A           
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        ,  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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           SHE A REAL PERSON? OR IS THIS  THE  MIRR        ,  
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           ANOTHER CONSPIRACY  THEORY  ABOUT  THERE           
           NOT ACTUALLY  BEING  ANY HUMAN EMPLOYEES           
           LEFT.                                              
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           IN   THE  MEANTIME,  DUBIOUS  CREATIONS.           
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