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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   ¨..~~~=*¤¤
#@@¤$*=~.¨ clouded by  my  echo.  afterglow  of  my ¨.~=*$¤@@#
@$*=..¨¨¨¨                  spirit.                 ¨¨¨¨..=*$@
@@@¤$*=~.¨                                          ¨.~=*$¤@@@
##@¤$*=~.¨ ........##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##........ ¨.~=*$¤@##
#¤¤¤$*=~.¨                                          ¨.~=*$¤¤¤#
##@¤$*=~.¨                                          ¨.~=*$¤@##
##@¤$*=~.¨                                          ¨.~=*$¤@##
##@¤$*=~.¨                                          ¨.~=*$¤@##
¤*~..¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨..~*¤