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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 §§§§§¨§¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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