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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WAS DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY BODY, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ NEVER TO RETURN. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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»:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨:»*^&
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨:»*^&
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