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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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