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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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