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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 ¨¨^~†%¤@@#
##@@¤%†~^¨                  SPIRIT.                 ¨^~†%¤@@##
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