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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.  %=\=,¨¨¨¨¨
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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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