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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. ¨
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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