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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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