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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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