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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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