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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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