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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.                                           
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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.                                              
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           in  the  meantime,   dubious  creations.           
           cerberus bodies are born.                     ,    
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