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           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.           
           sharpest     knife,    cutest     knife.           
                                                              
           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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