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,^«†^%&@##         ^                      ^         ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##         ^ MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF ^         ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&&@@         ^                      ^         @@&&%^†«^,
,,,««^^&@@         ^†«««««^^^,  ,^^^«««««†^         @@&^^««,,,
,^«^%&@###                                          ###@&%^«^,
,^«†^%&@##                                          ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†††^%&@  I USED TO BE A GOTH, IN MY YOUTH, DOING @&%^†††«^,
,^«†††^&&@  CRIMES MOSTLY FROM OR IN MY BELOVED AND @&&^†††«^,
,^«†^%%%&#  TRUSTED CAR, AND SOMETIMES MY MOTHERS   #&%%%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##    BARN. WE LIVED JUST OUTSIDE TOWN, A   ##@&%^†«^,
,,,^««^^&#   GROVE AT THE END OF A DIRT ROAD, AND   #&^^««^,,,
,^«†^%&@##  THE BARN WAS PLACED SO YOU COULD JUST   ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,,«††^&  MAKE OUT THE SURROUNDING FIELDS THROUGH &^††«,,,,,
,,,^†^^%&&                THE TREES.                &&%^^†^,,,
,,,^^^^†%@                                          @%†^^^^,,,
,^«†^%&@##   MY CAR WAS BLACK AND LOUD, BOTH THE    ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##    ENGINE AND THE WAY THE PARTS DIDN'T   ##@&%^†«^,
,^^«††%%&@     REALLY STICK TOGETHER. I TOOK MY     @&%%††«^^,
,^«†^%&@@@  CRIMEFRIEND FOR RIDES, IN THE DARK, THE @@@&%^†«^,
,,,«†^%&&#   ETERNAL DARK THAT SEEMED TO SURROUND   #&&%^†«,,,
,^«†^%&@##  US. SHE SEEMED TO CAST THIS VEIL OVER   ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##  EVERYTHING. HER BLACK SKIRT REACHED TO  ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##   HER KNEES BUT THEN SOMEHOW ALSO BACK   ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&&&@  AROUND, ENVELOPING ALL MY MEMORIES OF   @&&&%^†«^,
,,,,,«††^&            OUR TIME TOGETHER.            &^††«,,,,,
,,,,,«^%&&                                          &&%^«,,,,,
,^«†^%&@##   THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES  ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,««^&&@   THE BLOOD WAS HER RED LIPSTICK OR HER  @&&^««,,,,
,^«†^%&@##  CHECKERED SHIRT. SHE WAS ON TELEVISION. ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%%%&&     WE DID CRIME, AND WE MADE WEIRD      &&%%%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@## STRUCTURES IN THE BARN, TALL PILLARS OF  ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##  DARK WOOD, LADDERS AND PLATEAUS, FIRES  ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,,«^&@@  AND FAIRY LIGHTS. WE WOULD SLEEP THERE  @@&^«,,,,,
,,,«††%%&@  AND DRINK THERE AND SHE WOULD GO IN THE @&%%††«,,,
,^«†^%&###                TELEVISION.               ###&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##                                          ##@&%^†«^,
,,,^^«^%%& AND THEN THE SUN CAME OUT, AND SHE WENT  &%%^«^^,,,
,^«†^%@###  AWAY. EVERYTHING CHANGED... I YEARNED,  ###@%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##   AND THE WORLD BECAME DULL AROUND ME.   ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%%&&@                                          @&&%%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##    I STOPPED DOING CRIME, EXCEPT WHEN    ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##  NECESSARRY. THINGS SOMEHOW SEEMED LIKE  ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##   THEY WERE ALLRIGHT, MOULDED IN PLACE,  ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%@###   AND I LOATHED IT ------ I MISSED HER   ###@%^†«^,
,,^^†^%%@@                 SO MUCH.                 @@%%^†^^,,
,,,^††%&&#                                          #&&%††^,,,
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,^«†^%%%%@            «««««^^, ,^^«««««             @%%%%^†«^,
,,,««†^%%&                                          &%%^†««,,,
,,,,,,«^^&                                          &^^«,,,,,,
,,,,,«^%&#  I SEARCHED FOR HER, BUT NOBODY HAD ANY  #&%^«,,,,,
,^«†^%&@##    MEMORIES OF HER. NOT SO MUCH OF ME    ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,,,^«^& EITHER, FROM THE TIME WE WERE TOGETHER.  &^«^,,,,,,
,^«†^%&@##  MY MOTHER SAID I KEPT TO MYSELF IN THE  ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##           BARN, OR IN THE CAR.           ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##                                          ##@&%^†«^,
,,,^^†%&@#      SOMETIMES I COULD STILL SEE HER     #@&%†^^,,,
,^«†^%&@##    FLASHING BY ON THE TV IN THE BARN.    ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##     EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THEN, FOR A     ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##  MOMENT. I REMEMBERED HER LAUGH AND KNEW ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,«^^%&#   WE HAD DONE CRIMES TOGETHER, THAT IT   #&%^^«,,,,
,^«†^%&@##             HAD BEEN REAL...             ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,^«^^&#                                          #&^^«^,,,,
,,,,««^^^&                                          &^^^««,,,,
,^«†^%&@##            «««««^^, ,^^«««««             ##@&%^†«^,
,,,«†††%&@                                          @&%†††«,,,
,^«†^%&&&@                                          @&&&%^†«^,
,,,,««†^&&    I DIED BY GETTING SHOT IN THE HEAD    &&^†««,,,,
,^«†^%&@##  WHILE RAMMING THE FENCE TO A MILITARY   ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##   FACILITY. BY THIS TIME THEY HAD BEEN   ##@&%^†«^,
,^«^%&@###   CHASING ME FOR DAYS. I LOST CONTROL    ###@&%^«^,
,^«†^%&@##   OVER THE CAR, CRASHED IT INTO A ROCK   ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,«†††%@     WALL AND FLEW OUT THE WINDSHIELD.    @%†††«,,,,
,^«†^%&@##                                          ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##   AND THEN I GOT UP, AND LOOKED AROUND.  ##@&%^†«^,
,,,,,«†^^&   IT WAS DARK, WHERE IT PREVIOUSLY HAD   &^^†«,,,,,
,^«†^^%&&#    BEEN A BRIGHT DAY. AROUND ME WHERE    #&&%^^†«^,
,^«†^%&@##   DOZENS OF CRASHED CARS, ALL MY CAR,    ##@&%^†«^,
,^«†^%%%%@               SOME ON FIRE.              @%%%%^†«^,
,^«†^%%%@#                                          #@%%%^†«^,
,,,^««†^%&       THE GROUND WAS STICKY, RED.        &%^†««^,,,
,,,,,,««^&                                          &^««,,,,,,
,^«†^%&&&@   AND THEN I REALIZED THAT I KNEW THIS   @&&&%^†«^,
,^«†%&@###     DARKNESS. I KNEW THE WAY THE SKY     ###@&%†«^,
,^«†^^%%%@  TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! @%%%^^†«^,
,^«†^%@###              SHE WAS HERE!               ###@%^†«^,
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