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,,,-=^*§@# #@§*^=-,,,
,,,,-=^*§@ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I @§*^=-,,,,
,,,,,-=^*§ WAS DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY BODY, §*^=-,,,,,
,,,,,,-=^* NEVER TO RETURN. *^=-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-=^ ^=-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-=^* 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. ##@§*^=-,,
,-=^*§@### ###@§*^=-,
,,-=^*§@## 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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