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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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