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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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