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##¶§%§†«~.  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   .~«†§%§¶¶#
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##¶§%§†«~.  WIND FUNNEL FOR THE ETHER, FORCES PART  .~«†§%§¶##
§§%%§§†«~.   OF IT THROUGH AND CREATES A SEPARATE   .~«†§§%%§§
##¶§%§†«~.  MIND (SAME PRINCIPLE AS ANIMAL BRAINS,  .~«†§%§¶##
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###¶%§†«~.    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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