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¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§ there  is  another  company. a  climbing ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§ and penetrating vine. it's in the  rocky ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§ plains,  it's  inside  the  hills,  it's ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§ deep below.  glistening silver  burrows, ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§ red-pink   logo,  unclear   nationality, ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨§ veiled motives.                          ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§§
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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.           
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           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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