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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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