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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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