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~......... IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE .........~
^~........ SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ........~^
$^~....... A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / .......~^$
§$^~...... SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ......~^$§
£§$^~..... POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE .....~^$§£
¶£§$^~.... THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ....~^$§£¶
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@¶£§$^~... THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ...~^$§£¶@
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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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$^~....... THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. .......~^$
§$^~...... WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ......~^$§
£§$^~..... GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN .....~^$§£
¶£§$^~.... A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ....~^$§£¶
@¶£§$^~... FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ...~^$§£¶@
#@¶£§$^~.. AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ..~^$§£¶@#
@¶£§$^~... WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ...~^$§£¶@
¶£§$^~.... TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ....~^$§£¶
£§$^~..... DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT .....~^$§£
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$^~....... EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE .......~^$
^~........ 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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@¶£§$^~... THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ...~^$§£¶@
¶£§$^~.... CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ....~^$§£¶
£§$^~..... OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY .....~^$§£
§$^~...... AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ......~^$§
$^~....... THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. .......~^$
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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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