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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.           
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           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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