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§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§ there is  another  company.  a  climbing ¨§¨¨§¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§ and  penetrating vine. it's in the rocky ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ plains,  it's  inside  the  hills,  it's ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§ deep  below. glistening silver  burrows, ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ red-pink   logo,  unclear   nationality, §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ veiled motives.                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
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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.                                              
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       ¨   in  the  meantime,   dubious  creations.           
           cerberus bodies are born.                     ¨    
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