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&$*;~~¨¨¨¨ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I ¨¨¨¨~~;*$&
$*;~~¨¨¨¨¨ WAS DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY BODY, ¨¨¨¨¨~~;*$
*;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ NEVER TO RETURN. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;*
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;*
$*;~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~;*$
&$*;~~¨¨¨¨ INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MINDLESSLY PILOTING ¨¨¨¨~~;*$&
¶&$*;~~¨¨¨ THIS BODY AROUND. I STILL GIVE IT LIFE, ¨¨¨~~;*$&¶
#¶&$*;~~¨¨ SOMEHOW. LIKE A GOLEM, AND I TRY NOT TO ¨¨~~;*$&¶#
##¶&$*;~~¨ CARE TOO MUCH, BUT I DO. IT'S A ¨~~;*$&¶##
#¶&$*;~~¨¨ CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY ¨¨~~;*$&¶#
¶&$*;~~¨¨¨ CLOUDED BY MY ECHO. AFTERGLOW OF MY ¨¨¨~~;*$&¶
&$*;~~¨¨¨¨ SPIRIT. ¨¨¨¨~~;*$&
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