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,^=*%%####                 "phobes"                 ####%%*=^,
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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     ####%%*=^,
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