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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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