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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    .§..§....§
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..§.§§§.§.  FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL  ...§§§..§§
§.§§§..§§§      NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK     §..§..§.§.
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