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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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