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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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