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