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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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