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