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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.           
                                                              
           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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