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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 ....:~:%§£
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##£§%:~:.. BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ..:~:%§£##
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##£§%:~:.. 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 ..:~:%§£##
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##£§%:~:.. 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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##£§%:~:.. 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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