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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   ..~~~†%*##
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###§*%†~~.   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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