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...,»\*$&#                                          #&$*\»,...
..,»\*$&## when  i was in  eight grade  i decided i ##&$*\»,..
.,»\*$&### was  dead.  my spirit had left my  body, ###&$*\»,.
..,»\*$&##             never to return.             ##&$*\»,..
...,»\*$&#                                          #&$*\»,...
....,»\*$& i remember sitting in  my parents car on &$*\»,....
.....,»\*$ 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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