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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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