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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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