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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.  ,,.~^§&@##
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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 ,,,,.~^§&@
#@&§^~.,,,     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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