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*«~.......    Fear-Based Genetic Churner, In An     .......~«*
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£^*«~.....  Unknown Party (Likely State-Sponsored). .....~«*^£
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££^*«~....   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,  .........~
..........     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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~.........      Name, "Phobes", A Play On Greek     .........~
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