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