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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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