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........-\ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I \-........
.......-\^ WAS DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY BODY, ^\-.......
......-\^£ NEVER TO RETURN. £^\-......
.....-\^£¤ ¤£^\-.....
....-\^£¤# 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. ###¤£^\-..
...-\^£¤## ##¤£^\-...
....-\^£¤# 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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