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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~. ^~~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~~^% %^~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~^%§ FO BES IS WHERE IT GETS ITS COLLOQUIAL §%^~~,,,,,
,,,,~~^%§# NAME, "PHOBES", A PLAY ON GREEK #§%^~~,,,,
,,,~~^%§## "PHOBOS". ##§%^~~,,,
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