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...~=†$£¤# Sixteen Years, Together With My Dad In #¤£$†=~...
..~=†$£¤## A Huge Bath House / Spa / Hotel / ##¤£$†=~..
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..~=†$£¤## Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me. "You See ##¤£$†=~..
...~=†$£¤# That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing #¤£$†=~...
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.......~=† Girl He Called A "Mouse" By Buying Her †=~.......
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.....~=†$£ To Run Away Immediately Afterward. Dad £$†=~.....
....~=†$£¤ Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It ¤£$†=~....
...~=†$£¤# Quickly. I Said Goodnight To Him And #¤£$†=~...
..~=†$£¤## Went Looking For The Mouse. ##¤£$†=~..
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...~=†$£¤# Walls, Floors And Pillars Were Set In #¤£$†=~...
....~=†$£¤ Green Marble. Throughout The House Ran ¤£$†=~....
.....~=†$£ A Main Boulevard, Wide As A Street, £$†=~.....
......~=†$ Framed With Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian $†=~......
.......~=† And Taller Than A Person. In Each Vase †=~.......
........~= Was Placed Upright A Leaf From A Palm =~........
.......~=† Tree Or Giant Fern. The Boulevard Was †=~.......
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.....~=†$£ Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout £$†=~.....
....~=†$£¤ Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive ¤£$†=~....
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....~=†$£¤ 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 ##¤£$†=~..
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.....~=†$£ Down On My Knees, And Then Crawled £$†=~.....
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