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##@#@^\~~¨ fear-based genetic churner, in an ¨~~\^@#@##
##@#@^\~~¨ antarctic research station run by an ¨~~\^@#@##
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##@#@^\~~¨ it gains sentience and escapes ¨~~\^@#@##
#@#@\~~~¨¨ confinement, neutralizing human ¨¨~~~\@#@#
##@#@^\~~¨ personnel and repurposing the station. ¨~~\^@#@##
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##@#@^\~~¨ of it through and creates a separate ¨~~\^@#@##
##@#@^\~~¨ mind (same principle as animal brains, ¨~~\^@#@##
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##@#@^\~~¨ 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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