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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.                                   ,       
                                                              
           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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