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§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                 "phobes"                 ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨§§¨      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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