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§§.§.§.§.§ deep  below. glistening silver  burrows, ..§..§..§.
.§.§.§.§.§ red-pink   logo,  unclear   nationality, .§§.§§.§§.
§§.§.§.§.§ veiled motives.                          ..§..§..§.
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           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.        ^  
           sharpest     knife,    cutest     knife.        -  
                                                        ^     
           we   will   grow   humans  in   pea-pods           
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           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.                                      
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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.                                          .
                                                              
           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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