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,^«*$$#£## A Huge Bath House / Spa / Hotel / ##£#$$*«^,
,^«*$$#£## Shopping centre. Dad Was Constatly ##£#$$*«^,
,^«*$$#£## Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See ##£#$$*«^,
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,^«*$$#### The Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. ####$$*«^,
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,^«*$$##££ Green Marble. Throughout The House Ran ££##$$*«^,
,^«*$$#£## A Main Boulevard, Wide As A Street, ##£#$$*«^,
,^«*$$##£# Framed With Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian #£##$$*«^,
,^«*$$£### And Taller Than A Person. In Each Vase ###£$$*«^,
,^«*$$$$#£ Was Placed Upright A Leaf From A Palm £#$$$$*«^,
,^«*$$#£## Tree Or Giant Fern. The Boulevard Was ##£#$$*«^,
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,,,,,,«$$# Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout #$$«,,,,,,
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,^«*$$#£## 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 ##£#$$*«^,
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,^«*$$#£## Off, But We Could Still See Our Way ##£#$$*«^,
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,^«*$$#£## The Windows Of The Higher Floors. ##£#$$*«^,
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