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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     ........^«
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