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           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           
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           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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           PRODUCT,  THE  ORBITAL  MIRROR,  BOTH  A           
           PASSIVE SENTINEL  AND  AN  ACTIVE TORCH:           
           SET  TO  IT'S  WIDEST  CONFIGURATION  IT           
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           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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