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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 ¨~«\§%#@@#
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