.--=^@¤¶@# #@¶¤@^=--.
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--=^@¤¶@## ##@¶¤@^=--
.--=^@¤¶@# #@¶¤@^=--.
.--=^@¤¶@# #@¶¤@^=--.
...--^^@¤@ --------@@--------------------@@-------- @¤@^^--...
......-^¤¶ ¶¤^-......
..---^@@¤¤ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I ¤¤@@^---..
.--=^@¤¶## WAS DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY BODY, ##¶¤@^=--.
.--^@¤¶@## NEVER TO RETURN. ##@¶¤@^--.
......-=^¤ ¤^=-......
.--=^@¤¶@# 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. ##¶¤@^=--.
.-=^@¤¶@## ##@¶¤@^=-.
.--=^¤¶@## 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. ##@¤@^=--.
....-=@@@¶ ¶@@@=-....
..---=^¤¶@ --------@@--------------------@@-------- @¶¤^=---..
....---^@¶ ¶@^---....
.--=^@¤¶@# #@¶¤@^=--.
.--=^@@¤¤¶ ¶¤¤@@^=--.
.--=^@¤¶@# #@¶¤@^=--.
.--=^@¤¶@# #@¶¤@^=--.