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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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#@¤$**«.¨¨  INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MINDLESSLY PILOTING  ¨¨.«**$¤@#
@¤$**«.¨¨¨ THIS BODY AROUND. I  STILL GIVE IT LIFE, ¨¨¨.«**$¤@
¤$**«.¨¨¨¨ SOMEHOW.  LIKE A GOLEM, AND I TRY NOT TO ¨¨¨¨.«**$¤
$**«.¨¨¨¨¨ CARE   TOO   MUCH,  BUT  I  DO.  IT'S  A ¨¨¨¨¨.«**$
¤$**«.¨¨¨¨   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   ¨¨¨¨.«**$¤
@¤$**«.¨¨¨ CLOUDED  BY  MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW OF  MY ¨¨¨.«**$¤@
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