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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 .§.§..§§§§
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