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¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨    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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¨¨§§§§§¨§§  live, and attaches a mindcatcher (own   §§§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨§§¨¨¨§¨§  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».    §¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨                                          §§¨§§¨¨§§¨
¨§§§§§§¨§§  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  ¨¨§§¨§¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨      name, "phobes", a play on greek     §¨§¨§§§§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§                 "phobos".                ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨§§§                                          §§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
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