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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. ,,,««/$$££
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££//,,,,,, this night he had just tried to woo a ,,,,,,//££
£&$«,,,,,, girl he called a "mouse" by buying her ,,,,,,«$&£
##£&£$/«,, shoes, but she had accepted them only ,,«/$£&£##
##£&£$/«,, to run away immediately afterward. dad ,,«/$£&£##
###&£$/«,, was a bit bummed but dropped it ,,«/$£##
##£&£$/«,, quickly. i said goodnight to him and ,,«/$£&£##
&&$/«««,,, went looking for the mouse. ,,,«««/$&&
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##£&£$/«,, the building was enormous and mazelike. ,,«/$£&£##
###&£$/«,, walls, floors and pillars were set in ,,«/$£##
##£&£$/«,, green marble. throughout the house ran ,,«/$£&£##
£££$$«,,,, a main boulevard, wide as a street, ,,,,«$$£££
&£/««,,,,, framed with clay vases dark as obsidian ,,,,,««/£&
&$/««««,,, and taller than a person. in each vase ,,,««««/$&
££$«,,,,,, was placed upright a leaf from a palm ,,,,,,«$££
#&$««,,,,, tree or giant fern. the boulevard was ,,,,,««$
##£&£$/«,, dimly lit, which allowed the pools that ,,«/$£&£##
££&$«,,,,, were generously sprinkled throughout ,,,,,«$&££
££££$/«,,, each floor would reflect suggestive ,,,«/$££££
££&££$/«,, patterns on the marble. ,,«/$££&££
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&&$$$$/«,, following the boulevard, two floors up ,,«/$$$$&&
&£//,,,,,, i found her crying behind two fern ,,,,,,//£&
#&&&£$/«,, vases. she was beautiful, and as i ,,«/$£&&
&$/,,,,,,, approached, she looked up and sniveled. ,,,,,,,/$&
£&$/,,,,,, in the nearest vase she had stuffed ,,,,,,/$&£
#&$///«,,, both the shoes. ,,,«///$
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&$$«««,,,, 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 ,,,,/$$&&&
##£&£$/«,, out a side route to a closed-off ,,«/$£&£##
#££&£$/«,, rooftop walking garden, full of juniper ,,«/$£&££#
#££&£$/«,, and thuja. it was a late evening, and ,,«/$£&££#
££££$«,,,, the stars were glittering. being ,,,,«$££££
###&£$/«,, closed, the garden had its light turned ,,«/$£##
##£&£$/«,, off, but we could still see our way ,,«/$£&£##
##£&£$/«,, around by the light shining down from ,,«/$£&£##
##£&£$/«,, the windows of the higher floors. ,,«/$£&£##
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###£&£$/«, she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ,«/$£&£###
##£&£$/«,, down on my knees, and then crawled ,,«/$£&£##
##£&£$/«,, closer. she laughed at me again, and ,,«/$£&£##
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