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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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