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#@@&£%=«~¨ IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ¨~«=%£&@@#
##@@&£=«~¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨«««%&@
##@&£%=«~¨ ¨~«=%£&@##
&&£=«¨¨¨¨¨ 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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