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..=:%$&¶## i remember sitting in my parents car on ##¶&$%:=..
..=:%$&¶## a cloudy, watery day, getting a ride ##¶&$%:=..
..=:%$&¶## somewhere. it felt like i had solved ##¶&$%:=..
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..=:%$$$¶¶ this body around. i still give it life, ¶¶$$$%:=..
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..=:%&¶### 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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