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           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.           
           sharpest     knife,    cutest     knife.           
                                                              
           we   will   grow   humans  in   pea-pods           
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           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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