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