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@,@,@,@,@@              //          //              @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,,@                $$      $$                @,@,@,@,@,
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@,@,@,@,,@                    ##                    @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@@                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,,@                 "phobes"                 @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,@@                                          @,@,@,@,@,
@,@,@,@,,@       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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