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A CAVE COMPANY, A MAGICIAN COMPANY. $
SHARPEST KNIFE, CUTEST KNIFE.
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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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