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/-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-/
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%†/-~¨¨¨¨¨ WAS  DEAD. MY SPIRIT  HAD LEFT  MY BODY, ¨¨¨¨¨~-/†%
#%†/-~¨¨¨¨             NEVER TO RETURN.             ¨¨¨¨~-/†%#
£#%†/-~¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨~-/†%#£
#£#%†/-~¨¨ I REMEMBER SITTING IN  MY PARENTS CAR ON ¨¨~-/†%#£#
##£#%†/-~¨ A  CLOUDY,  WATERY  DAY, GETTING  A RIDE ¨~-/†%#£##
#£#%†/-~¨¨ SOMEWHERE. IT FELT  LIKE  I  HAD  SOLVED ¨¨~-/†%#£#
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#%†/-~¨¨¨¨           PUZZLES SINCE THEN.            ¨¨¨¨~-/†%#
%†/-~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~-/†%
†/-~¨¨¨¨¨¨  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   ¨¨¨¨~-/†%#
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