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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 ¨¨,†=%&£@#
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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 ¨,†=%&£@##
#@£&%=†,¨¨ 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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