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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      §....§.§§.
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