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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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