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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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