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