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, Sharpest Knife, Cutest Knife.
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. ¨
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Product, The Orbital Mirror, Both A ¨
¨ Passive Sentinel And An Active Torch:
Set To It'S Widest Configuration It
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And At Its Narrowest It Becomes A Laser
To Cut Through Mountain And Metal.
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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
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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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Cerberus Bodies Are Born. ¨
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