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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 ¨¨¨:*^***@
@@@*^^*~:¨ CLOUDED BY MY ECHO. AFTERGLOW OF MY ¨:~*^^*@@@
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