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#@£#§*=«~, SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ,~«=*§#£@#
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#§=~,,,,,, SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ,,,,,,~=§#
£##§==««~, POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ,~««==§##£
#§§==«,,,, THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ,,,,«==§§#
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##@#§*=«~, 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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£§§§**=«~, WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ,~«=**§§§£
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£££#§*=«~, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ,~«=*§#£££
£#§*=««,,, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,,,««=*§#£
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@#*«««~~~, 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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£££#§*=«~, I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ,~«=*§#£££
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£#§§§*=«~, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,~«=*§§§#£
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#@£#§*=«~, BOTH THE SHOES. ,~«=*§#£@#
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###§*=««~, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,~««=*§###
@#**«~~,,, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,,~~«**#@
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#@£#§*=«~, 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 ,~«=*§#£@#
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##§§§*=«~, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,~«=*§§§##
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