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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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