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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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