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.§..§..§..    RESEARCHERS, FIRST CONCIEVED IN A     §§...§§..§
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...§§.§§.§   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   §§§§§§...§
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§....§§...    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 §§§§§§..§§
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§...§.§§§.  FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL  .§....§...
§§..§§§..§     NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK      .§§...§§..
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