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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 ,.~:*¤£@##
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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 ,.~:*¤£@##
¤¤¤¤*$:~., PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,.~:$*¤¤¤¤
@¤$:..,,,, LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,,,,..:$¤@
@££¤*$:~., MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,.~:$*¤££@
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#@£¤*$:~., COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ,.~:$*¤£@#
¤***$~.,,, YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ,,,.~$***¤
#@£¤*$:~., FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,.~:$*¤£@#
#@£¤*$:~., BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ,.~:$*¤£@#
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@¤$:.,,,,, SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ,,,,,.:$¤@
@¤¤¤*$:~., OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ,.~:$*¤¤¤@
@@£¤*$:~., ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,.~:$*¤£@@
£¤$:~.,,,, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,,,,.~:$¤£
¤¤¤¤*$:~., THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ,.~:$*¤¤¤¤
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@@£¤*$:~., OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ,.~:$*¤£@@
@¤***$:~., AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM ,.~:$***¤@
@££¤*$:~., THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. ,.~:$*¤££@
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##@¤*$:~., DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,.~:$*¤@##
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