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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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