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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.  ,,,,&,&,&&
,,,,&,,,&&                                          ,,,&&&&&,,
,,,&&,,&,&   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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