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§§¨¨¨§§§§¨     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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§§§§§§¨¨§¨   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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