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