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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  ...§......
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