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£*††:¨¨¨¨¨ A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ¨¨¨¨¨:††*£
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#@@£§*†-:¨ THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ¨:-†*§£@@#
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##@£§*†-:¨ TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ¨:-†*§£@##
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£§†:¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨:†§§££
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#@@£§*†-:¨ FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ¨:-†*§£@@#
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#@@£§*†-:¨ TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ¨:-†*§£@@#
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@§†----:¨¨ 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 ¨:-†*£@@##
#@@£§*†-:¨ WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ¨:-†*§£@@#
£**†-¨¨¨¨¨ COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ¨¨¨¨¨-†**£
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#@@£§*†-:¨ FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ¨:-†*§£@@#
#@@£§*†-:¨ BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ¨:-†*§£@@#
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