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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    .......,-:
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£**:-,....  CURRENTS AND THUS HOW/WHAT THE TRAPPED  ....,-:**£
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#¶£**:-,.. ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS  ..,-:**£¶#
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£**:-,....     NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK      ....,-:**£
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