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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.           ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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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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