§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨§§
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §§§¨§¨¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§§§¨§¨§
§§¨§¨¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§§§
¨¨§§§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨ ........##--------------------##........ §¨§¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§§¨§¨§§§                                          §§§§¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§¨§§§§¨¨ 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.                 ¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§§¨¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨§¨¨§¨§¨§ ........##--------------------##........ §§§§§§¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          §§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
§¨§§§§§§¨¨                                          §¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
§§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§¨¨§