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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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