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#@§~^¨¨¨¨¨ was dead. my spirit had left my body, ¨¨¨¨¨^~§@#
#@§/~¨¨¨¨¨ never to return. ¨¨¨¨¨~/§@#
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@%/^¨¨¨¨¨¨ a cloudy, watery day, getting a ride ¨¨¨¨¨¨^/%@
#%//~^¨¨¨¨ somewhere. it felt like i had solved ¨¨¨¨^~//%#
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#@@%§§/~^¨ 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 ¨^~/§%%%@#
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@%%%§/~~^¨ clouded by my echo. afterglow of my ¨^~~/§%%%@
@@%§/^¨¨¨¨ spirit. ¨¨¨¨^/§%@@
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