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§..§.§.§.. deep  below. glistening silver  burrows, §.§.§.§.§.
§.§§.§.§.§ red-pink   logo,  unclear   nationality, §.§.§.§.§.
§..§.§.§.. veiled motives.                          §.§.§.§.§.
                                                          .   
           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.           
  .        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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           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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