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#@@§¤%/-,¨ PUZZLES SINCE THEN. ¨,-/%¤§@@#
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#@@§¤%/-,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨-%§§@
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