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&&&%%%†-~.  UNKNOWN PARTY (LIKELY STATE-SPONSORED). .~-†%%%&&&
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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 .~-†%%&###
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###&%%†-~.   OF IT THROUGH AND CREATES A SEPARATE   .~-†%%&###
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###&%%†-~.  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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