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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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