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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 ..........
..........                 SPIRIT.                  ..........
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