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§£$\=:,,,, was dead.  my  spirit had  left my body, ,,,,:=\$£§
£§£$\=:,,,             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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