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:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    RESEARCHERS, FIRST CONCIEVED IN A     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨    FEAR-BASED GENETIC CHURNER, IN AN     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨   ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION RUN BY AN   ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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**:«:¨¨¨¨¨     CONFINEMENT, NEUTRALIZING HUMAN      ¨¨¨¨¨:«:**
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##@**:«:¨¨   DESIGN; IMAGINE A CROSS OF A BISMUTH   ¨¨:«:**@##
#@**:«:¨¨¨ CRYSTAL AND A DREAMCATCHER - WORKS AS A  ¨¨¨:«:**@#
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**:«:¨¨¨¨¨   OF IT THROUGH AND CREATES A SEPARATE   ¨¨¨¨¨:«:**
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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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«:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨  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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