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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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