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##,,,#,##,     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   ,,###,,,,#
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,,,,#,,,,,   of it through and creates a separate   ,###,,#,##
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###,,,,#,,   realtime-editing of the mindcatcher    #,,#,##,,,
#,##,,,,#,    shape, which'll modulate the ether    ##,,,###,,
,,###,,,,#  currents and thus how/what the trapped  ###,,#,##,
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,###,,#,##  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  ##,,#,##,,
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