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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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