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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.                                           
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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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