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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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