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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. ¨
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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.
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¨ IN THE MEANTIME, DUBIOUS CREATIONS. ~
CERBERUS BODIES ARE BORN. ¨
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