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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§   antarctic research station run by an   ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ unknown party (likely state-sponsored).  ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§  after twenty seven real-world seconds   ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§     confinement, neutralizing human      ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§  personnel and repurposing the station.  ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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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  ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§    mind can cognize), and places the     ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§ entire assembly inside a biped cerberus  ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§     body with serial number -fo bes-.    ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§      name, "phobes", a play on greek     ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨§¨§                 "phobos".                ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨