,,,,~-=%*¤ ¤*%=-~,,,,
,,,~-=%*¤# #¤*%=-~,,,
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,,,~-=%*¤# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #¤*%=-~,,,
,,,,~-=%*¤ == == ¤*%=-~,,,,
,,,,,~-=%* ** ** *%=-~,,,,,
,,,,,,~-=% ## ¤¤ %=-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-=%* ## *%=-~,,,,,
,,,,~-=%*¤ ¤*%=-~,,,,
,,,~-=%*¤# "phobes" #¤*%=-~,,,
,,~-=%*¤## ##¤*%=-~,,
,~-=%*¤### 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-. ¤*%=-~,,,,
,,,,,~-=%* *%=-~,,,,,
,,,,,,~-=% fo bes is where it gets its colloquial %=-~,,,,,,
,,,,,~-=%* name, "phobes", a play on greek *%=-~,,,,,
,,,,~-=%*¤ "phobos". ¤*%=-~,,,,
,,,~-=%*¤# #¤*%=-~,,,
,,~-=%*¤## ~~ ##¤*%=-~,,
,~-=%*¤### %% %% ###¤*%=-~,
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,,,~-=%*¤# #¤*%=-~,,,
,,,,~-=%*¤ ¤*%=-~,,,,
,,,,,~-=%* *%=-~,,,,,
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