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&**=~~¨¨¨¨ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I ¨¨¨¨~~=**&
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##&**=~~¨¨ NEVER TO RETURN. ¨¨~~=**&##
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&**=~~¨¨¨¨ SOMEWHERE. IT FELT LIKE I HAD SOLVED ¨¨¨¨~~=**&
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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 ¨¨~~=**&##
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##&**=~~¨¨ CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY ¨¨~~=**&##
#&**=~~¨¨¨ CLOUDED BY MY ECHO. AFTERGLOW OF MY ¨¨¨~~=**&#
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