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           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.           
           sharpest    knife,     cutest     knife.  ,        
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           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.                                              
                                                              
           in  the  meantime,  dubious   creations.           
           cerberus bodies are born.                     ,    
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