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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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