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