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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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