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.--=†£¤#@# never to return. #@#¤£†=--.
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.--=†£¤#@# somewhere. it felt like i had solved #@#¤£†=--.
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.--=†£¤#@# puzzles since then. #@#¤£†=--.
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.--=†£¤#@# instead, i've been mindlessly piloting #@#¤£†=--.
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.--=†£#@## 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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