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#%^:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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