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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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