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###&&§^~:,     RESEARCHERS, FIRST CONCIEVED IN A    ,:~^§&&###
##&&§§^~:,     FEAR-BASED GENETIC CHURNER, IN AN    ,:~^§§&&##
##&^~:::,,   ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION RUN BY AN   ,,:::~^&##
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##&§~,,,,,      IT GAINS SENTIENCE AND ESCAPES      ,,,,,~§&##
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#&&^:,,,,,  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  ,:~^§&&###
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#&&&&§^~:,   OF IT THROUGH AND CREATES A SEPARATE   ,:~^§&&&&#
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&§§^^::,,, ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS  ,,,::^^§§&
###&&§^~:,     BODY WITH SERIAL NUMBER ~FO BES~.    ,:~^§&&###
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