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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           
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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.           
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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.                                           
                                                              
           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           
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           in  the  meantime,   dubious  creations.  .        
           cerberus bodies are born.                     .    
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