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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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