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           a  cave  company,  a  magician  company.   ¨       
      ¨    sharpest    knife,     cutest     knife.           
                                                              
           we   will   grow  humans   in   pea-pods           
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    *      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.                                           
                                                              
           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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