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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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