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@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ AND PENETRATING VINE. IT'S IN THE ROCKY ¨¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ PLAINS, IT'S INSIDE THE HILLS, IT'S ¨@@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ DEEP BELOW. GLISTENING SILVER BURROWS, ¨¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ RED-PINK LOGO, UNCLEAR NATIONALITY, ¨@@¨@¨@¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ VEILED MOTIVES. ¨¨@¨@¨@¨@¨
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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.
†
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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