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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.                                           
                                                              
           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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