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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.  ¨¨...:*###
#*:.¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨.:*#
####**:«.¨   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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