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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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