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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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