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..:»\$$¤@# 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 ¤$$\»:....
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....:»\$$¤ contaminated golem, this one. purity ¤$$\»:....
...:»\$$¤@ clouded by my echo. afterglow of my @¤$$\»:...
..:»\$$¤@# spirit. #@¤$$\»:..
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