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¨¨¨&&&&¨&¨ WHEN I WAS IN EIGHT GRADE I DECIDED I &¨¨¨¨&¨&¨&
&¨¨&¨¨¨&&& WAS DEAD. MY SPIRIT HAD LEFT MY BODY, ¨&¨¨¨&&&&&
¨&¨&&¨¨&¨¨ NEVER TO RETURN. ¨&&¨¨&¨¨¨¨
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¨&¨¨&&&&¨& 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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