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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           
           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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