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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. @¤$*».....
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...»*$¤@## 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, $*».......
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.....»*$¤@ realtime-editing of the mindcatcher @¤$*».....
....»*$¤@# shape, which'll modulate the ether #@¤$*»....
...»*$¤@## currents and thus how/what the trapped ##@¤$*»...
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...»*$¤@## 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 $*».......
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