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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*=
$=*~^¨¨¨¨¨ A  CLOUDY, WATERY DAY,  GETTING  A  RIDE ¨¨¨¨¨^~*=$
@$=*~^¨¨¨¨ SOMEWHERE.  IT FELT LIKE  I  HAD  SOLVED ¨¨¨¨^~*=$@
#@$=*~^¨¨¨ SOME  GREAT   PUZZLE.  I'VE  SOLVED   NO ¨¨¨^~*=$@#
##@$=*~^¨¨           PUZZLES SINCE THEN.            ¨¨^~*=$@##
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##@$=*~^¨¨  INSTEAD, I'VE BEEN MINDLESSLY PILOTING  ¨¨^~*=$@##
#@$=*~^¨¨¨ THIS BODY AROUND. I STILL GIVE IT  LIFE, ¨¨¨^~*=$@#
@$=*~^¨¨¨¨ SOMEHOW. LIKE A GOLEM, AND  I TRY NOT TO ¨¨¨¨^~*=$@
$=*~^¨¨¨¨¨ CARE  TOO  MUCH,   BUT   I  DO.  IT'S  A ¨¨¨¨¨^~*=$
=*~^¨¨¨¨¨¨   CONTAMINATED GOLEM, THIS ONE. PURITY   ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*=
*~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CLOUDED  BY MY  ECHO.  AFTERGLOW  OF  MY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                  SPIRIT.                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
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