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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.                                      
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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.           
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         ¨ 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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