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§§§¨¨¨§¨§§ 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 §¨§§¨§¨§§¨
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