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,,~*†$&#@# ,,,,,,,,@@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@@,,,,,,,, #@#&$†*~,,
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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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,,~*†$&#@# ,,,,,,,,@@~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@@,,,,,,,, #@#&$†*~,,
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