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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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