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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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