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¨#¨¨¨#¨¨#¨     fear-based genetic churner, in an    ¨¨¨¨##¨##¨
##¨¨##¨##¨   antarctic research station run by an   ¨¨¨#¨##¨#¨
¨#¨#¨##¨#¨ unknown party (likely state-sponsored).  ¨¨###¨####
#####¨###¨  after twenty seven real-world seconds   ¨#¨¨##¨¨¨#
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¨¨¨#¨#¨##¨      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   ###¨###¨¨#
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#¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨  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    ¨¨¨##¨##¨#
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#¨#¨#¨###¨  currents and thus how/what the trapped  #¨¨##¨#¨¨¨
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