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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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