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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           
           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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