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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      &,&&&&,&&,
,&,,,&,,,&                 "phobos".                &&,,,&&,&,
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