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