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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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