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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.  §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨
§§§§§¨¨¨¨§   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=.    §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
§§§§§§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§§§§§      name, "phobes", a play on greek     ¨¨§§¨¨§§§§
¨¨¨§§§§§§§                 "phobos".                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
§§¨¨§§§§§§                                          §§§§§§¨¨¨¨
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