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#@£¤%$=~.¨ sixteen years, together with my dad in ¨.~=$%¤£@#
££%===~¨¨¨ a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ¨¨¨~===%££
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#@£¤%$=~.¨ pointing out hot girls to me. "you see ¨.~=$%¤£@#
£%%%%$=~.¨ that black-haired thing dissapearing ¨.~=$%%%%£
#@£¤%$=~.¨ behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ¨.~=$%¤£@#
£%==~~.¨¨¨ say. he was always very creepy about ¨¨¨.~~==%£
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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. ¨.~===$$¤@
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#@£¤%$=~.¨ following the boulevard, two floors up ¨.~=$%¤£@#
¤%$~..¨¨¨¨ i found her crying behind two fern ¨¨¨¨..~$%¤
¤¤$$$$=~.¨ vases. she was beautiful, and as i ¨.~=$$$$¤¤
££¤¤%$=~.¨ approached, she looked up and sniveled. ¨.~=$%¤¤££
£%=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ in the nearest vase she had stuffed ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=%£
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##@£¤%=~.¨ i told her to follow, but she didn't ¨.~=%¤£@##
#@£¤%$=~.¨ move or speak. so instead i said to ¨.~=$%¤£@#
#@£¤%$=~.¨ stay there, and ran to get her a better ¨.~=$%¤£@#
£¤%=.¨¨¨¨¨ pair of shoes that she would actually ¨¨¨¨¨.=%¤£
##@£¤$=~.¨ like. when i returned, having spent ¨.~=$¤£@##
¤%=.¨¨¨¨¨¨ more than i could really afford, she ¨¨¨¨¨¨.=%¤
£¤%=~...¨¨ was visibly impressed. i tried to sound ¨¨...~=%¤£
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@£%==.¨¨¨¨ freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ¨¨¨¨.==%£@
¤¤%=~~.¨¨¨ but mouse girl just laughed at me. ¨¨¨.~~=%¤¤
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#@£¤%$=~.¨ she then took me by the hand and led me ¨.~=$%¤£@#
¤$$==.¨¨¨¨ 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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