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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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