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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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