=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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.           ¨¨¨,===@¤#
¤@===,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,===@¤
@===,¨¨¨¨¨  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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=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
==,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,==
===,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,===
@===,¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨,===@
¤@===,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,===@¤