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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  ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~†§
$§†~~¨¨¨¨¨ THIS BODY AROUND.  I STILL GIVE IT LIFE, ¨¨¨¨¨~~†§$
¤$§†~~¨¨¨¨ SOMEHOW. LIKE A GOLEM, AND  I TRY NOT TO ¨¨¨¨~~†§$¤
#¤$§†~~¨¨¨ CARE  TOO  MUCH,   BUT  I  DO.   IT'S  A ¨¨¨~~†§$¤#
##¤$§†~~¨¨   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   ¨¨~~†§$¤##
###¤$§†~~¨ CLOUDED BY  MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW  OF  MY ¨~~†§$¤###
##¤$§†~~¨¨                  SPIRIT.                 ¨¨~~†§$¤##
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$§†~~¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨~~†§$
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