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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. %
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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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