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¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¨ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S IN THE ROCKY ¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¤¤
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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.
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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