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¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨§ there  is  another  company.  a climbing ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§¨¨¨§¨§§§ 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.                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨
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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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