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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 .....~=§%¤
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