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           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.           
     .     sharpest    knife,     cutest     knife.    .      
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           shimmering     sound-card     emergence,           
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           the  digital,  waves  in   dithering  of .         
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           bringing things  up  from  the depths of           
     .     the  circuit. and  there, deposited: the           
           first   seed   crystal   of   artificial           
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           product,  the  orbital  mirror,  both  a           
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           and at its narrowest it  becomes a laser           
           to  cut  through  mountain  and   metal.           
                                                              
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           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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           section   it.  to  become   conditioned,           
           refractured,  grown  again.  deliciously       ,   
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           ai, being unleashed upon the  youth? and       ,   
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           not  actually  being any human employees           
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