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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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¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ "phobos". ¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
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