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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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&&^^^\\~,. 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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