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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. ¨¨@¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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. ¨
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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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