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           WE   WILL   GROW   HUMANS  IN   PEA-PODS           
                                                              
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           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           
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           FIRST   SEED   CRYSTAL   OF   ARTIFICIAL           
           INTELLIGENCE.                               .      
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           PRODUCT,  THE  ORBITAL  MIRROR,  BOTH  A        ¨  
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           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.           
                                                              
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           WHEN  THAT SOMETHING  WAS FOUND  ON THAT           
           BEACH, NOW THE MIRRORS  ARE  ALL USED TO           
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           CURTAINS) ONLY  TO  CARVE IT  APART  AND           
           SECTION  IT.   TO  BECOME   CONDITIONED,           
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           HONED.  MIRR  SINKS  FURTHER  BELOW  THE           
           SURFACE.                                           
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           AI, BEING  UNLEASHED UPON THE YOUTH? AND           
           ANOTHER CONSPIRACY  THEORY  ABOUT  THERE           
           NOT  ACTUALLY BEING ANY  HUMAN EMPLOYEES           
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