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§§,,§,§,§§ there  is  another  company. a  climbing ,§,§,§§,§,
,§,§§,§,,§ and penetrating vine.  it's in the rocky ,§,§,,§,§,
§§,,§,§,§§ plains,  it's  inside  the  hills,  it's ,§,§,§§,§,
,§,§§,§,,§ deep below.  glistening  silver burrows, ,§,§,,§,§,
§§,,§,§,§§ red-pink   logo,  unclear   nationality, ,§,§,§§,§,
,§,§§,§,,§ veiled motives.                          ,§,§,,§,§,
                                                              
           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.           
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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      ,    
           left.                                              
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           in  the  meantime,  dubious   creations.           
           cerberus bodies are born.                     ,    
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