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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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