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##§%^,,,,, WAS  DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT  MY  BODY, ,,,,,^%§##
#§%^,,,,,,             NEVER TO RETURN.             ,,,,,,^%§#
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^,,,,,,,,, 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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