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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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¨¨¨:»»/$§@ this night he had just tried to woo a @§$/»»:¨¨¨
¨:»/*$§£@@ girl he called a "mouse" by buying her @@£§$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$§£@# shoes, but she had accepted them only #@£§$*/»:¨
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¨:»/*$§£@@ was a bit bummed but dropped it @@£§$*/»:¨
¨::»»****§ 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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¨:»/*$§£@# i found her crying behind two fern #@£§$*/»:¨
¨¨¨:::»*$§ vases. she was beautiful, and as i §$*»:::¨¨¨
¨:»/$§£@## approached, she looked up and sniveled. ##@£§$/»:¨
¨¨¨¨:/*$§@ in the nearest vase she had stuffed @§$*/:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:/**§£@ 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 §*»::¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:»*§ she then took me by the hand and led me §*»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨:»///$$§§ closed, the garden had its light turned §§$$///»:¨
¨:»/*$§£@@ off, but we could still see our way @@£§$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$§£@# around by the light shining down from #@£§$*/»:¨
¨¨¨¨:/***§ the windows of the higher floors. §***/:¨¨¨¨
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¨:»/*$§£@# she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat #@£§$*/»:¨
¨:»/*$§§££ down on my knees, and then crawled ££§§$*/»:¨
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