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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 #¤%%††~¨¨¨
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