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##@#%*;-.. IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ..-;*%#@##
@%%;;..... A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / .....;;%%@
@%;;;..... SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY .....;;;%@
#%*;;;;-.. POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ..-;;;;*%#
#@#*--.... THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ....--*#@#
##@#%*;-.. BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ..-;*%#@##
#%;....... THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. .......;%#
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###*--.... THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ....--*###
##@#%*;-.. GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ..-;*%#@##
##*-...... SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ......-*##
##@#%*;-.. TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ..-;*%#@##
####%*;-.. WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ..-;*%####
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##%*;-.... THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ....-;*%##
##@#%*;-.. WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ..-;*%#@##
@%*;-..... AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE .....-;*%@
@###%*;-.. WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ..-;*%###@
##@#%*;-.. TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ..-;*%#@##
##%%*;;-.. EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ..-;;*%%##
##@#%*;-.. PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ..-;*%#@##
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##%;;..... FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP .....;;%##
##*;...... I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ......;*##
#*-....... VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I .......-*#
@@#%;-.... APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ....-;%#@@
@%**--.... IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ....--**%@
##@#%*;-.. BOTH THE SHOES. ..-;*%#@##
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###@#%;-.. I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ..-;%#@###
##@#%*;-.. MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ..-;*%#@##
#*---..... PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY .....---*#
##@#%*;-.. LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ..-;*%#@##
###@#%*-.. COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ..-*%#@###
@#%%;--... YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ...--;%%#@
##@#%*;-.. FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ..-;*%#@##
##%*-..... BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. .....-*%##
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###@#%;-.. SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ..-;%#@###
##@#%*;-.. OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ..-;*%#@##
#%**-..... ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER .....-**%#
##%%;-.... AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ....-;%%##
##@#%*;-.. THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ..-;*%#@##
##**;;;-.. AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ..-;;;**##
###**;-... THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ...-;**###
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##@#%*;-.. SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ..-;*%#@##
#@@#%*;-.. DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ..-;*%#@@#
##@#%*;-.. CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ..-;*%#@##
##@#%*;-.. SAID - ..-;*%#@##
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