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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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