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§.§..§.§§.   ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION RUN BY AN   ..§.§..§.§
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§.§..§.§§.  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 .§§.§.§§..
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§.§..§.§§.  FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL  ..§.§..§.§
§.§.§§..§.      NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK     .§§.§.§§..
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