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@¨¨@¨@@¨¨@ 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. @¨@@¨@¨@@¨
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.
¨
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.
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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