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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 .~-\†$#¶##
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