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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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