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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 §§.§§....§
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