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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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