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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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