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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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