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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.           
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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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