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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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