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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.           §§§§§¨¨§§§
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¨¨§§§§§§¨¨  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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