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¨,-=$@¤£## SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ##£¤@$=-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,=@@¤ POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ¤@@=,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-$¤ BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ¤$-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,-=$@¤£## THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ##£¤@$=-,¨
¨¨¨¨,=$$$¤ WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ¤$$$=,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,,-=@¤ 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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¨,-=$@¤£## I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ##£¤@$=-,¨
¨,-=$@£### VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ###£@$=-,¨
¨,-=$@£### APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ###£@$=-,¨
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¨,-=$@¤£## BOTH THE SHOES. ##£¤@$=-,¨
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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 £@=---,,¨¨
¨,-=$@¤£## MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##£¤@$=-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨-$@££ WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ££@$-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,-=$@¤£## YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ##£¤@$=-,¨
¨¨¨¨--=$$¤ FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ¤$$=--¨¨¨¨
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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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¨,-=$@¤£## SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ##£¤@$=-,¨
¨¨¨¨,-=$¤# DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED #¤$=-,¨¨¨¨
¨,-=$@¤### CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ###¤@$=-,¨
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