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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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