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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.
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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.
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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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