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.......~=$ AFTER TWENTY SEVEN REAL-WORLD SECONDS $=~.......
......~=$§ IT GAINS SENTIENCE AND ESCAPES §$=~......
.....~=$§& CONFINEMENT, NEUTRALIZING HUMAN &§$=~.....
....~=$§ PERSONNEL AND REPURPOSING THE STATION. #&§$=~....
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....~=$§ DESIGN; IMAGINE A CROSS OF A BISMUTH #&§$=~....
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........~= REALTIME-EDITING OF THE MINDCATCHER =~........
.......~=$ SHAPE, WHICH'LL MODULATE THE ETHER $=~.......
......~=$§ CURRENTS AND THUS HOW/WHAT THE TRAPPED §$=~......
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....~=$§ NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK #&§$=~....
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