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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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