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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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