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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 ,^~:%£#@##
##@#£%:~^, 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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&&£££%:~^, 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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