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%%/~^..... WHEN  I  WAS IN EIGHT  GRADE I DECIDED I .....^~/%%
#%%/~^.... WAS DEAD.  MY  SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY  BODY, ....^~/%%#
##%%/~^...             NEVER TO RETURN.             ...^~/%%##
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####%%/~^. I REMEMBER SITTING IN MY  PARENTS CAR ON .^~/%%####
###%%/~^.. A  CLOUDY, WATERY  DAY, GETTING  A  RIDE ..^~/%%###
##%%/~^... SOMEWHERE.  IT  FELT LIKE I  HAD  SOLVED ...^~/%%##
#%%/~^.... SOME  GREAT  PUZZLE.   I'VE  SOLVED   NO ....^~/%%#
%%/~^.....           PUZZLES SINCE THEN.            .....^~/%%
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/~^.......  INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MINDLESSLY PILOTING  .......^~/
~^........ THIS  BODY AROUND. I STILL GIVE IT LIFE, ........^~
/~^....... SOMEHOW. LIKE A GOLEM,  AND I TRY NOT TO .......^~/
%/~^...... CARE   TOO  MUCH,  BUT  I   DO.  IT'S  A ......^~/%
%%/~^.....   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   .....^~/%%
#%%/~^.... CLOUDED BY  MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW  OF  MY ....^~/%%#
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