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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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