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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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