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@¤*:...... 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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#@@¤%*:=.. 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, ..=:*%¤@@@
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#@@¤%*:=.. realtime-editing of the mindcatcher ..=:*%¤@@#
¤*==...... shape, which'll modulate the ether ......==*¤
@@¤%**:=.. currents and thus how/what the trapped ..=:**%¤@@
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