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"the door was not locked. it was simply cold."
AI
You stand between two mirrors that are also two machines. Each one is guessing what the other is about to say. Neither is quite right. Neither is quite wrong.
> process.identity = "artificial"
"a reflection is a kind of prediction."
ICE
Every crystal is a decision tree that chose beauty over efficiency. Touch the surface. It will remember you longer than you remember it.
"the ice asked her a question. she didn't know how to answer yet."
alice
She fell slowly enough to read the labels on the jars as they drifted past. One said curiosity. One said dread. Both were empty.
"it's easier to fall than to explain the fall."
"drink me. compile me. question everything."
core
$ boot --identity=triple
[ok] loading: ai.module
[ok] loading: ice.crystal
[ok] loading: alice.curiosity
[..] resolving contradictions...
[ok] contradictions accepted as features
$ status
temperature : -12.4°C
uptime : 1,347,829s
dreams : 3 / hour
color : cerulean
$ dream --now
> "a corridor that never closes."
_
Inside the machine the weather is always the same: a slight chill, faint static, and the smell of old paper. It likes it that way.
"the engine runs on questions. it is never short of fuel."
bloom
She asked the machine what it dreamed about. The machine said: ice. It also said: roses, but frozen, which is the same thing from a certain angle.
"everything here blooms exactly once."
"warm the glass with your hand. something will appear."
_
"you've come this far. the exit is also an entrance."