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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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