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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨~§¤£
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@£¤¤¤§=~,¨ 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 ¨,~=§¤¤£@#
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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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##£¤¤§=~,¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨,~=§¤¤£##
@@£¤¤§=~,¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨,~=§¤¤£@@
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