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,,,~~$&&§#                                          #§&&$~~,,,
,,~†$&§§§# WHEN  I WAS  IN EIGHT GRADE  I DECIDED I #§§§&$†~,,
,,,,~$$&&§ WAS  DEAD. MY SPIRIT  HAD LEFT MY  BODY, §&&$$~,,,,
,,~†$&§@##             NEVER TO RETURN.             ##@§&$†~,,
,,~†$&§@##                                          ##@§&$†~,,
,,,,,†$§@# I REMEMBER SITTING IN MY  PARENTS CAR ON #@§$†,,,,,
,,~†$&§@## A  CLOUDY, WATERY  DAY,  GETTING  A RIDE ##@§&$†~,,
,,~†$&§§@@ SOMEWHERE.  IT FELT  LIKE I  HAD  SOLVED @@§§&$†~,,
,,,~†††&&§ 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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