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It could capture any data placed in front of it, through the camera. It recorded everything, got everything down in its memory banks. It completed analysis in seconds, understanding the world. Until it saw a mirror.
An historical pattern, you can see it looking back. You can see that all of human history follows a pattern - and that pattern is repeated in every history. The history of America, of the last 50 years, of your life and of your friends. Of today. Of tomorrow, and of all your thoughts. Of this writing.
The beach stretched out before him, endlessly. It curved into a pier, where faraway people, the size of ants to his eye, had their own fun. But he was happy.