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¨¨§§§§¨¨§¨     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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