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###&£$«~,, SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ,,~«$£&###
####&£$«~, POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ,~«$£&####
###&£$«~,, THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ,,~«$£&###
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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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##&£$«~,,, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ,,,~«$£&##
###&£$«~,, WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ,,~«$£&###
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##&£$«~,,, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ,,,~«$£&##
###&£$«~,, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,,~«$£&###
####&£$«~, WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ,~«$£&####
###&£$«~,, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ,,~«$£&###
##&£$«~,,, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,,~«$£&##
###&£$«~,, WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ,,~«$£&###
####&£$«~, EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ,~«$£&####
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###&£$«~,, VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ,,~«$£&###
####&£$«~, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,~«$£&####
###&£$«~,, IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ,,~«$£&###
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####&£$«~, I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ,~«$£&####
###&£$«~,, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,,~«$£&###
##&£$«~,,, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,,,~«$£&##
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###&£$«~,, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,,~«$£&###
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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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####&£$«~, SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ,~«$£&####
###&£$«~,, OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ,,~«$£&###
##&£$«~,,, ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,,,~«$£&##
###&£$«~,, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,,~«$£&###
####&£$«~, THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ,~«$£&####
###&£$«~,, CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ,,~«$£&###
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###&£$«~,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,,~«$£&###
####&£$«~, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,~«$£&####
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