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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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