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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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