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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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