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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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