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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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