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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.  &&,&,&,,&&
,&,,&&&&&,                                          ,&&&&&,&,,
&&,&,,,,&&   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=.     &,,,,&,&,&
,,,,,&&,,&                                          &,,,&&&&&&
,,,,&,&,&&  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  &,,&,,,,,&
,,,&&&&&,&     name, "phobes", a play on greek      &,&&,,,,&&
,,&,,,,&&&                "phobos".                 &&,&,,,&,&
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