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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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