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,,,,,,,~%#                 "phobes"                 #%~,,,,,,,
,,~^%*####                                          ####*%^~,,
,,~^%*####      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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