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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 ¨¨¨^~^%£¤¶
¤£%^~^¨¨¨¨ THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ¨¨¨¨^~^%£¤
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#¶¤£%^~^¨¨ THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ¨¨^~^%£¤¶#
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#¶¤£%^~^¨¨ 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 ¨¨^~^%£¤¶#
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#¶¤£%^~^¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨^~^%£¤¶
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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 ¨¨^~^%£¤¶#
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#¶¤£%^~^¨¨ 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 ¨¨^~^%£¤¶#
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#¶¤£%^~^¨¨ 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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¶¤£%^~^¨¨¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨¨¨^~^%£¤¶
#¶¤£%^~^¨¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨¨^~^%£¤¶#
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