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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^%
$%^~-¨¨¨¨¨ SOMEWHERE.  IT  FELT LIKE I  HAD  SOLVED ¨¨¨¨¨-~^%$
#$%^~-¨¨¨¨ SOME  GREAT  PUZZLE.  I'VE   SOLVED   NO ¨¨¨¨-~^%$#
##$%^~-¨¨¨            PUZZLES SINCE THEN.           ¨¨¨-~^%$##
###$%^~-¨¨                                          ¨¨-~^%$###
####$%^~-¨  INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MINDLESSLY PILOTING  ¨-~^%$####
###$%^~-¨¨ THIS BODY  AROUND. I STILL GIVE IT LIFE, ¨¨-~^%$###
##$%^~-¨¨¨ SOMEHOW. LIKE  A GOLEM, AND I TRY NOT TO ¨¨¨-~^%$##
#$%^~-¨¨¨¨ CARE  TOO   MUCH,  BUT  I  DO.   IT'S  A ¨¨¨¨-~^%$#
$%^~-¨¨¨¨¨   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   ¨¨¨¨¨-~^%$
%^~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLOUDED  BY  MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW OF  MY ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^%
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