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¨¨¨§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§
§§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨
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