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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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§£§†«-,,,,     confinement, neutralizing human      ,,,,-«†§£§
¶§£§†«-,,,  personnel and repurposing the station.  ,,,-«†§£§¶
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£§†«-,,,,,  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    ,,,,,,,,,,
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«-,,,,,,,,    body with serial number «fo bes«.     ,,,,,,,,-«
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