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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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