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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 ##£#$$*«^,
,,,,,,««$# Dimly Lit, Which  Allowed The Pools That #$««,,,,,,
,,,,,,«$$#   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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