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§,§§,,,§,,                 "phobes"                 §,,,,§,,§,
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,§§§,§,§§§       ai, originally unnamed by its      §,,§,§§,,,
§,,§§§§,,,    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      §,§,§,§,,§
,,§,§,,§,,                "phobos".                 §§§§§§§,§§
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