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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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,,,,####,,      it gains sentience and escapes      #,,#######
,##,,##,,,     confinement, neutralizing human      ,,,,#####,
,,,,,,,,##  personnel and repurposing the station.  ###,,###,,
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,,##,,##,,  wind funnel for the ether, forces part  #,,,,###,,
#,,,,,,,,,   of it through and creates a separate   ,,##,,#,,#
,,########  mind (same principle as animal brains,  ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,####  currents and thus how/what the trapped  ,#######,,
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##########      name, "phobes", a play on greek     ##########
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