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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     ,&&&&&&,,,
&&&&&&&&&&                 "PHOBOS".                ,,&&&&,,&&
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