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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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