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.,=:*$¤### WHEN  I  WAS IN  EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I ###¤$*:=,.
.,:*$¤#### WAS DEAD. MY  SPIRIT  HAD LEFT MY  BODY, ####¤$*:,.
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.,=:*$¤### SOMEWHERE.  IT FELT LIKE  I  HAD  SOLVED ###¤$*:=,.
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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   ¤¤****:=,.
.,=:*$¤### CLOUDED  BY  MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW OF  MY ###¤$*:=,.
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