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,:«/=&§### WHEN I WAS IN  EIGHT GRADE  I  DECIDED I ###§&=/«:,
,:«/=&§### WAS  DEAD. MY SPIRIT  HAD LEFT  MY BODY, ###§&=/«:,
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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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,:«/=&§### SOMEHOW. LIKE A  GOLEM, AND I TRY NOT TO ###§&=/«:,
,,,««=&&§§ CARE  TOO  MUCH,   BUT   I  DO.  IT'S  A §§&&=««,,,
,:«/=&§###   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   ###§&=/«:,
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