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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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