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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.           @**»^.....
....^»**@£                                          £@**»^....
...^»**@£#  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 £@**»^....
.....^»**@                  SPIRIT.                 @**»^.....
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