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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.                          ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
                                                              
 =         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.                                      
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           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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