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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 ¨¨¨¨.-†**£
**†-.¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨.-†*
**†-.¨¨¨¨¨ said - ¨¨¨¨¨.-†**
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