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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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£££%†~....  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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%†~.......     name, "phobes", a play on greek      .......~†%
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