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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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