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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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