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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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