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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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