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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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