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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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