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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.  #@@&*=~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~=*&@@                                          @@&*=~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~=*&@   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~.    &*=~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~=*&@                                          @&*=~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~=*&@@  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  @@&*=~^¨¨¨
¨¨^~=*&@@#      name, "phobes", a play on greek     #@@&*=~^¨¨
¨^~=*&@@##                "phobos".                 ##@@&*=~^¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨^~=*                                          *=~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~=*&                                          &*=~^¨¨¨¨¨
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