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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.  ,,&,&&&&,&
&&&,,&&&&,                                          ,&&&,,,&&&
,,&,&,,,&,   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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