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.§§§......                 "phobes"                 ...§......
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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      §§....§§§.
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