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.~~†^$&###  AFTER TWENTY SEVEN REAL-WORLD SECONDS   ###&$^†~~.
....~~~^$#      IT GAINS SENTIENCE AND ESCAPES      #$^~~~....
.~~†^$&###      CONFINEMENT, NEUTRALIZING HUMAN     ###&$^†~~.
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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 &&&^^^†~~.
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.~~†^$&###   OF IT THROUGH AND CREATES A SEPARATE   ###&$^†~~.
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.~~†^$&###    REALTIME-EDITING OF THE MINDCATCHER   ###&$^†~~.
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.~~†^$$$##  CURRENTS AND THUS HOW/WHAT THE TRAPPED  ##$$$^†~~.
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.....~†$$# ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS  #$$†~.....
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