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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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