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..^~~~~$@# IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE #@$~~~~^..
....^^::£# SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN #£::^^....
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.^~:$£@@@@ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY @@@@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE #@#@£$:~^.
...~~~$£#@ THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING @#£$~~~...
.^~:$£@#@# BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$@#@## THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ##@#@$:~^.
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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 @@£:~.....
.^~:$£@### AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ###@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@@ CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED @@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@@ AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM @@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$££@@# THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. #@@££$:~^.
.^~:$£@### ###@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED #@#@£$:~^.
..^^::$@@# CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND #@@$::^^..
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