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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 #.#.#..#.#
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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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.#.#.#..#. 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 #.#.#..#.#
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.#.#.#.##. 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 #.#.#.##.#
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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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