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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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