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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   ,&,,&&,&&&
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&,&&&,&,,&    BTW) WHICH THE AIR CAN CONTROL BY     &,,&&&&,&,
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&,,&&,,&,,  ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS &&&&,&,,&&
,&,&,&,&&,     BODY WITH SERIAL NUMBER ~FO BES~.    ,,,,&&&,&,
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&&,,,,,,&&  FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL  &&,,&&,&,,
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