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##@¤£%;«,, IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ,,«;%£¤@##
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##@¤£%;«,, 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 ,,«;%£¤@##
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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, ,,«;%£¤@##
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##@¤£%;«,, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ,,«;%£¤@##
@¤¤¤£%;«,, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,«;%£¤¤¤@
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##@¤£%;«,, EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ,,«;%£¤@##
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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. ,,«;%££¤@#
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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 ,,«;%£¤@##
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#@@¤£%;«,, 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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