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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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