§¨§¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
§§§§§¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨§§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨§                                          §¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§¨¨¨§¨¨§§                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨ ........##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##........ §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§¨§§§                                          §¨§§§§¨§§§
§¨§¨§§§§¨¨ 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.                 §¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨ ........##~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~##........ §§§¨§¨§§§¨
¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          §¨¨§§§§¨¨§
§¨§§§§¨¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§                                          ¨§§§§¨¨§§§
§§¨§¨¨§§§¨                                          §§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨§§§¨§¨¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§§§§¨