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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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