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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. ¨&&&&¨¨&&&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨&&¨¨¨¨&&
¨&&¨¨¨&&&& 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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