¨¨:=*^$§##                                          ##§$^*=:¨¨
¨¨¨:=*^$§#                                          #§$^*=:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:=*^$§                                          §$^*=:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=*^$                                          $^*=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*^                                          ^*=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=                                          =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: when i was in eight grade  i  decided  i :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ was dead. my  spirit  had left  my body, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:             never to return.             :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=                                          =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=* i remember sitting in my parents  car on *=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*^ a  cloudy, watery  day, getting  a  ride ^*=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=*^$ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=                                          =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*                                          *=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=*^                                          ^*=:¨¨¨¨¨¨