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###§§=;»,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,;=§
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