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..:~*%*£@#      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  £*%*~:....
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..:~*%*£@#  ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS #@£*%*~:..
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