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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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