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