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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 ....§.§§.§
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