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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      §%†^-^,,,,
,,,^-^†%§£                 "phobos".                £§%†^-^,,,
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