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¨@¨@@¨@¨@¨ 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. @¨@¨@¨@¨@@
¨ 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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