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,,,,.»:=%#                                          #%=:».,,,,
,,,.»:=%##                 "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».     =:».,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,.»  fo bes is where it gets its colloquial  ».,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,.      name, "phobes", a play on greek     .,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                 "phobos".                ,,,,,,,,,,
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