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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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