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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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