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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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Cerberus Bodies Are Born. .
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