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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 #.#....#.#
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#.####.#.# 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 #.##...#..
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####.....# 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 ..##.#.#..
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#..#.###.. FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ..#...##..
#.###..#.. BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. .##..#.#.#
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#.#.##.##. 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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