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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           
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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.                                       ,   
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           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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