=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=
*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*
$*=,¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=*$
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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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