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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 ¨¨^»;%*¤##
###¤*%;»^¨ 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 ¨¨¨^»;%*¤#
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