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#§%****=~.  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,  .~=**%§¶##
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###¶%**=~.   REALTIME-EDITING OF THE MINDCATCHER    .~=**%¶###
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##¶§%**=~.  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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