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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 ¨¨¨¨¨:;§¤£
#@£¤§=;=:¨ that black-haired thing dissapearing ¨:=;=§¤£@#
#@£¤§=;=:¨ behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ¨:=;=§¤£@#
##@£¤=;=:¨ say. he was always very creepy about ¨:=;=¤£@##
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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 ¨:==§¤£@##
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#@£¤§=;=:¨ each floor would reflect suggestive ¨:=;=§¤£@#
£¤¤¤§=;=:¨ patterns on the marble. ¨:=;=§¤¤¤£
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##@£¤§;=:¨ 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 ¨¨¨====¤£@
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#@£¤§=;=:¨ 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 ¨:=;=§¤£@#
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