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A CAVE COMPANY, A MAGICIAN COMPANY.
SHARPEST KNIFE, CUTEST KNIFE.
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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. =
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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.
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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.
IN THE MEANTIME, DUBIOUS CREATIONS.
CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN. ¨
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