..~=*^$&£#                                          #£&$^*=~..
...~=*^$&£                                          £&$^*=~...
....~=*^$&                                          &$^*=~....
.....~=*^$                                          $^*=~.....
....~=*^$&                                          &$^*=~....
...~=*^$&£            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~            £&$^*=~...
..~=*^$&£#              **          **              #£&$^*=~..
.~=*^$&£##                $$      $$                ##£&$^*=~.
..~=*^$&£#                  ££  &&                  #£&$^*=~..
...~=*^$&£                    ##                    £&$^*=~...
....~=*^$&                                          &$^*=~....
.....~=*^$                 "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".                #£&$^*=~..
...~=*^$&£                                          £&$^*=~...
....~=*^$&                    ~~                    &$^*=~....
.....~=*^$                  ^^  ^^                  $^*=~.....
....~=*^$&                    ##                    &$^*=~....
...~=*^$&£                                          £&$^*=~...
..~=*^$&£#                                          #£&$^*=~..
.~=*^$&£##                                          ##£&$^*=~.
..~=*^$&£#                                          #£&$^*=~..
...~=*^$&£                                          £&$^*=~...