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¨¨¨::«%%##     researchers, first concieved in a    ##%%«::¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:;%%##     fear-based genetic churner, in an    ##%%;:¨¨¨¨
¨:«;%#@###   antarctic research station run by an   ###@#%;«:¨
¨:«;%&#@##  unknown party (likely state-sponsored). ##@#&%;«:¨
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¨¨¨¨:«;%&@      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   #@&%«¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨«;%&@   of it through and creates a separate   @&%;«¨¨¨¨¨
¨:«;%&#@##  mind (same principle as animal brains,  ##@#&%;«:¨
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¨:«;%&####    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     ##@#&%;«:¨
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