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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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