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¨,~*%@£@## 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. @@@£@%*~,¨
¨,~*%@£@@@ @@@£@%*~,¨
¨,,,,,~%@£ 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. @@%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~*%@£@## ##@£@%*~,¨
¨¨¨¨,~~*%£ 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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