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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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