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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.                                           
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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    ¨      
           left.                                              
                                                              
           in  the  meantime,  dubious   creations.           
           cerberus bodies are born.                     ¨    
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