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         . SHARPEST     KNIFE,    CUTEST     KNIFE.   ,       
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           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           
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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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           WHEN  THAT  SOMETHING  WAS FOUND ON THAT           
           BEACH, NOW THE MIRRORS ARE ALL  USED  TO           
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           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.           
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