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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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