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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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