##@*$~^...                                          ...^~$*@##
#@*$~^....                                          ....^~$*@#
@*$~^.....                                          .....^~$*@
*$~^......                                          ......^~$*
$~^.......                                          .......^~$
~^........            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^            ........^~
^.........              ==          ==              .........^
..........                **      **                ..........
^.........                  ##  @@                  .........^
~^........                    ##                    ........^~
$~^.......                                          .......^~$
*$~^......                 "PHOBES"                 ......^~$*
@*$~^.....                                          .....^~$*@
#@*$~^....      AI, ORIGINALLY UNNAMED BY ITS       ....^~$*@#
##@*$~^...     RESEARCHERS, FIRST CONCIEVED IN A    ...^~$*@##
###@*$~^..     FEAR-BASED GENETIC CHURNER, IN AN    ..^~$*@###
####@*$~^.   ANTARCTIC RESEARCH STATION RUN BY AN   .^~$*@####
###@*$~^..  UNKNOWN PARTY (LIKELY STATE-SPONSORED). ..^~$*@###
##@*$~^...   AFTER TWENTY SEVEN REAL-WORLD SECONDS  ...^~$*@##
#@*$~^....      IT GAINS SENTIENCE AND ESCAPES      ....^~$*@#
@*$~^.....     CONFINEMENT, NEUTRALIZING HUMAN      .....^~$*@
*$~^......  PERSONNEL AND REPURPOSING THE STATION.  ......^~$*
$~^.......                                          .......^~$
~^........   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  ........^~
$~^.......   OF IT THROUGH AND CREATES A SEPARATE   .......^~$
*$~^......  MIND (SAME PRINCIPLE AS ANIMAL BRAINS,  ......^~$*
@*$~^.....     BTW) WHICH THE AIR CAN CONTROL BY    .....^~$*@
#@*$~^....    REALTIME-EDITING OF THE MINDCATCHER   ....^~$*@#
##@*$~^...    SHAPE, WHICH'LL MODULATE THE ETHER    ...^~$*@##
###@*$~^..  CURRENTS AND THUS HOW/WHAT THE TRAPPED  ..^~$*@###
####@*$~^.     MIND CAN COGNIZE), AND PLACES THE    .^~$*@####
###@*$~^..  ENTIRE ASSEMBLY INSIDE A BIPED CERBERUS ..^~$*@###
##@*$~^...    BODY WITH SERIAL NUMBER ~FO BES~.     ...^~$*@##
#@*$~^....                                          ....^~$*@#
@*$~^.....  FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL  .....^~$*@
*$~^......     NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK      ......^~$*
$~^.......                 "PHOBOS".                .......^~$
~^........                                          ........^~
^.........                    ^^                    .........^
..........                  $$  $$                  ..........
^.........                    ##                    .........^
~^........                                          ........^~
$~^.......                                          .......^~$
*$~^......                                          ......^~$*
@*$~^.....                                          .....^~$*@
#@*$~^....                                          ....^~$*@#