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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 ¨:~†§¤¤###
####¤¤†~:¨                  SPIRIT.                 ¨:~†¤¤####
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