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§§†«-..... IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE .....-«†§§
&§§†«-.... 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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§†«-...... (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ......-«†§
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