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