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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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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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(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.
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IN THE MEANTIME, DUBIOUS CREATIONS.
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