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