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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=.     ,,,,==†%&#
&%†==,,,,,                                          ,,,,,==†%&
%†==,,,,,,  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  ,,,,,,==†%
†==,,,,,,,     name, "phobes", a play on greek      ,,,,,,,==†
==,,,,,,,,                "phobos".                 ,,,,,,,,==
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