¨¨§§¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨§§¨¨¨§§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨§§§                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨§§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨§ ^^^^^^^^##»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»##^^^^^^^^ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨ 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.                  ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^##»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»##^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§