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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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