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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.            §¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§
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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 ¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨                  SPIRIT.                 ¨§§¨§§§§¨§
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