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,.«/%£¤£## was dead. my spirit  had left  my  body, ##£¤£%/«.,
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,,,,.«/%£¤ i remember sitting in my  parents car on ¤£%/«.,,,,
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,,,,,,.«/% 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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