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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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