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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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¨§¨¨§§¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§§¨§¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§§
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