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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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