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£†=~,.....    RESEARCHERS, FIRST CONCIEVED IN A     .....,~=†£
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..........      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,  ....,~=†£&
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#@&£†=~,..  CURRENTS AND THUS HOW/WHAT THE TRAPPED  ..,~=†£&@#
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&£†=~,.... ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS  ....,~=†£&
£†=~,.....    BODY WITH SERIAL NUMBER ~FO BES~.     .....,~=†£
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=~,.......  FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL  .......,~=
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