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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.           ...^-=*%&@
&%*=-^....                                          ....^-=*%&
%*=-^.....  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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