¨&¨¨¨¨&&¨& ¨&&&&¨¨&¨&
&&&¨¨¨&¨&& ¨&¨¨¨&¨&&&
¨¨¨&¨¨&&&¨ &&&¨¨&&&¨¨
¨¨¨&&¨&¨¨& &¨¨&¨&¨¨&¨
¨¨¨&¨&&&¨& ¨&¨&&&&¨&&
&¨¨&&&¨¨&& ~~~~~~~~##»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»##~~~~~~~~ ¨&&&¨¨¨&&¨
&&¨&¨¨&¨&¨ ¨&¨¨&¨¨&¨&
¨¨&&&¨&&&& 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. &¨&¨&¨&¨&&
¨¨¨&&&&&¨& &&&&&&&&&¨
¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨&& ~~~~~~~~##»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»##~~~~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨&¨&¨&¨¨&& ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
&&&&&&&¨&¨ &¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&&& &&¨¨¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ &¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&