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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      ,§,,§§§§,,
§§,§§,§§,,                 "phobos".                §§§,§,,,§,
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