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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~«†                                          †«~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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