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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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