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###,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,#,#,##
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,,#,,,,#,# 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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#,####,,## 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 #,,######,
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#,##,###,, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ###,,,,###
##,##,,#,, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,#,,,#,,,
,##,#,##,# WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ,##,,##,,#
#,####,### EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE #,#,#,#,##
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,,#,###### 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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#,##,,#### ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,#,#####,#
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,#####,,,# THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ,,#,,,#,##
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#,,,##,#,, OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY #,#,#,,##,
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#,###,,##, THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ,,,,####,,
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,,#,,,,,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ######,###
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