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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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