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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 .&..&..&.&
.&.&.&&.&. "phobos". .&.&&.&&.&
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