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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. #@¶¤£===,,
,,===£¤¶@# #@¶¤£===,,
,,===£¶@## 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. ¶£££====,,
,,==£¤¶@## ##@¶¤£==,,
,,,,,,==£¶ 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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,,===£¤@## 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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