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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     ¶§%§†~^...
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