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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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