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The
Illuminid is synthetic. It is the most highly tuned and featherlight
of mechanisms tooled by human hand. Within its smooth metallic
shell you will find cunning clockwork spiders, gears of emerald,
and springs of glimmering mercury. It is akin to a beautiful
flower - yet is criminally evil. Its smile is reassuring,
but its handshake is bitterly cold. As a courier of hope,
it ferries disease on the high winds. In the breaking of droughts,
it saturates the land with souring chemicals. The Illuminid
is thought by some to be the crowning achievement of science
- by others to be the hand- weapon of the devil.
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