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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 ##@#£^*-:¨
¨¨¨:**^£## 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. #@#§£^*-:¨
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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 @§§^^*-¨¨¨
¨¨:-***££# 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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