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......«*=$    Researchers, First Concieved In A     $=*«......
.....«*=$&    Fear-Based Genetic Churner, In An     &$=*«.....
....«*=$&¶   Antarctic Research Station Run By An   ¶&$=*«....
...«*=$&¶# Unknown Party (Likely State-Sponsored).  #¶&$=*«...
..«*=$&¶##  After Twenty Seven Real-World Seconds   ##¶&$=*«..
...«*=$&¶#      It Gains Sentience And Escapes      #¶&$=*«...
....«*=$&¶      Confinement, Neutralizing Human     ¶&$=*«....
.....«*=$&  Personnel And Repurposing The Station.  &$=*«.....
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.......«*=   The Ai Makes A Circuit For Itself To   =*«.......
........«*  Live, And Attaches A Mindcatcher (Own   *«........
.........«   Design; Imagine A Cross Of A Bismuth   «.........
..........  Crystal And A Dreamcatcher - Works As A ..........
..........  Wind Funnel For The Ether, Forces Part  ..........
..........   Of It Through And Creates A Separate   ..........
..........  Mind (Same Principle As Animal Brains,  ..........
..........    Btw) Which The Air Can Control By     ..........
..........   Realtime-Editing Of The Mindcatcher    ..........
..........    Shape, Which'Ll Modulate The Ether    ..........
..........  Currents And Thus How/What The Trapped  ..........
..........     Mind Can Cognize), And Places The    ..........
.........« Entire Assembly Inside A Biped Cerberus  «.........
........«*     Body With Serial Number «Fo bes«.    *«........
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......«*=$  Fo bes Is Where It Gets Its Colloquial  $=*«......
.....«*=$&     Name, "Phobes", A Play On Greek      &$=*«.....
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