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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ WAS  DEAD.  MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY  BODY, ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=             NEVER TO RETURN.             =^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=:                                          :=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^=:$$§ SOMEWHERE.  IT  FELT LIKE  I HAD  SOLVED §$$:=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^=:$$§# SOME   GREAT  PUZZLE.  I'VE   SOLVED  NO #§$$:=^¨¨¨
¨¨^=:$$§##            PUZZLES SINCE THEN.           ##§$$:=^¨¨
¨^=:$$§###                                          ###§$$:=^¨
¨¨^=:$$§##  INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MINDLESSLY PILOTING  ##§$$:=^¨¨
¨¨¨^=:$$§# THIS BODY AROUND.  I STILL GIVE IT LIFE, #§$$:=^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^=:$$§ SOMEHOW. LIKE A GOLEM, AND  I TRY NOT TO §$$:=^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^=:$$ CARE  TOO  MUCH,   BUT  I  DO.   IT'S  A $$:=^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^=:$   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   $:=^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^=: CLOUDED  BY  MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW OF  MY :=^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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