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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      #@@$*^~...
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