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.....\\†@@ WHEN I  WAS IN EIGHT  GRADE I  DECIDED I @@†\\.....
.-\†@§@### WAS  DEAD. MY SPIRIT  HAD LEFT MY  BODY, ###@§@†\-.
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..-\†††§§# A  CLOUDY, WATERY DAY,  GETTING  A  RIDE #§§†††\-..
..-\†@§@## SOMEWHERE.  IT  FELT  LIKE  I HAD SOLVED ##@§@†\-..
..-\†@§@## SOME  GREAT  PUZZLE.   I'VE  SOLVED   NO ##@§@†\-..
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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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