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¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨    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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