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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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