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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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.,»:†$#£## this  night he had  just  tried to woo a ##£#$†:»,.
.,»:†$#£## girl  he called a "mouse" by buying  her ##£#$†:»,.
.....»†##£ 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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