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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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