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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨-«††
$††«-¨¨¨¨¨ cool, saying something like "what do ¨¨¨¨¨-«††$
#$††«-¨¨¨¨ you think, just because a girl has a ¨¨¨¨-«††$#
##$††«-¨¨¨ freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ¨¨¨-«††$##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«
†«-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ said - ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-«†
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##$††«-¨¨¨ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¨¨¨-«††$##
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