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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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