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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). ##%::.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨»:%##     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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