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,~~\%§¤### WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I ###¤§%\~~,
,~~\%§¤### 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 #§\~,,,,,,
,,,,,,~\%¤ 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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