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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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