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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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