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