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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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