¨¨¨¨,-^†§#                                          #§†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§                                          §†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^†                                          †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^                                          ^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^†                                          †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§            ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,            §†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^†§#              ^^          ^^              #§†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-^†§#¶                §§      §§                ¶#§†^-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-^†§#¶#                  ¶¶  ##                  #¶#§†^-,¨¨
¨,-^†§#¶##                    ##                    ##¶#§†^-,¨
¨¨,-^†§#¶#                                          #¶#§†^-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-^†§#¶                 "phobes"                 ¶#§†^-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^†§#                                          #§†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§       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-.    #§†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§                                          §†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^†  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^      name, "phobes", a play on greek     ^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,-^†                 "phobos".                †^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§                                          §†^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^†§#                    ,,                    #§†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-^†§#¶                  ††  ††                  ¶#§†^-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-^†§#¶#                    ##                    #¶#§†^-,¨¨
¨,-^†§#¶##                                          ##¶#§†^-,¨
¨¨,-^†§#¶#                                          #¶#§†^-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-^†§#¶                                          ¶#§†^-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^†§#                                          #§†^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^†§                                          §†^-,¨¨¨¨¨