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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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