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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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