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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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