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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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