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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 #¤£%;«^...
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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 %;«^......
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...^«;%£¤# AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND #¤£%;«^...
..^«;%£¤## THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ##¤£%;«^..
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..^«;%£¤## 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 «^........
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