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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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