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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~.    ,,,,,,,~†^
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@¤^†~,,,,,  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  ,,,,,~†^¤@
#@¤^†~,,,,     name, "phobes", a play on greek      ,,,,~†^¤@#
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