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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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