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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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