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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. &&&&&¨¨¨&&
¨¨¨¨¨&&&¨¨ &&&&¨¨&¨¨¨
&&&&¨¨&¨¨& 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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