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#@#§%*:=^. ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION RUN BY AN .^=:*%§#@#
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#%%:^..... AFTER TWENTY SEVEN REAL-WORLD SECONDS .....^:%%#
#@#§%*:=^. 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 .^=:*%§#@#
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#§§*::^... 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 .^=:*%§#@#
#@#§%*:=^. 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 .^=:*%#@##
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