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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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