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@§§*=»,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,»=*§§@
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§*=»,¨¨¨¨¨            ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,            ¨¨¨¨¨,»=*§
*=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨              ==          ==              ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=*
=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                §§      §§                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=
»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  @@  §§                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
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»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                 "phobes"                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=
*=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=*
§*=»,¨¨¨¨¨       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.  ¨¨¨¨¨,»=*§
*=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=*
=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   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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»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ,,                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»
=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  **  **                  ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=
*=»,¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ##                    ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»=*
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