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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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