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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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