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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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