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@¤¤¤£*;»-¨ 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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@¤*»¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨»»*¤@
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#@@¤£*;»-¨ VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ¨-»;*£¤@@#
##@@¤£*;»¨ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ¨»;*£¤@@##
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨»;£@@
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@£££**;»-¨ 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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#@@¤£*;»-¨ 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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#@@¤£*;»-¨ 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 ¨-»;*£¤@@#
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