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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   ¨~=†=££¶##
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##¶££=†=~¨ 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. ¨~=†=££¶##
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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   ¨¨¨¨~=†==£
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££†==¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~=†=££¶##
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#££££=†=~¨ 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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