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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
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. 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. .
*
IN THE MEANTIME, DUBIOUS CREATIONS.
CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN. .
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