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,@,@,@,@,@ there  is another  company.  a  climbing @,@,@@,@,@
,@,@,@,@,@ 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.                          @,@,,@,@,@
                                                              
           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.           
                                                              
           @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@         , 
     ,                                                        
           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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           @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@           
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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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