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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 ¨¨:-^@¤@@#
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