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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. ¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤ ¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¤
¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤ 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. ¨¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤
¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¤
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤ 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. ¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤¤
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨ 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. ¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤
¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨
¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨
¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤ SAID - ¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤
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