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           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           
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           FIRST   SEED   CRYSTAL   OF   ARTIFICIAL           
           INTELLIGENCE.                                    * 
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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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           BEACH, NOW  THE MIRRORS ARE  ALL USED TO           
           BEAM   ENERGY    AT    DIFFERENT    MIRR          ,
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           BORING POWER SOURCE.  (AND SUBTLE THREAT           
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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    ,      
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    :      SHE A REAL PERSON? OR  IS THIS THE  MIRR           
           AI, BEING  UNLEASHED UPON THE YOUTH? AND           
           ANOTHER CONSPIRACY  THEORY  ABOUT  THERE         , 
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