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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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