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##£#§$*-,¨ A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ¨,-*$§#£##
#@£#§$*-,¨ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ¨,-*$§#£@#
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##@£#§$*-, BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D ,-*$§#£@##
#@£#§$*-,¨ SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ¨,-*$§#£@#
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@£##§$*-,¨ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ¨,-*$§##£@
£#$$*,¨¨¨¨ TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ¨¨¨¨,*$$#£
#@£#§$*-,¨ WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ¨,-*$§#£@#
@#§****-,¨ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ¨,-****§#@
£#§***,¨¨¨ WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ¨¨¨,***§#£
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#@£#§$*-,¨ FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ¨,-*$§#£@#
#@£#§$*-,¨ AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ¨,-*$§#£@#
£§$$*-¨¨¨¨ WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ¨¨¨¨-*$$§£
#§$-,¨¨¨¨¨ TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ¨¨¨¨¨,-$§#
#§$**--¨¨¨ DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ¨¨¨--**$§#
#@£#§$*-,¨ WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ¨,-*$§#£@#
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#@£#§$*-,¨ PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ¨,-*$§#£@#
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##£#§$*-,¨ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ¨,-*$§#£##
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#@£#§$*-,¨ MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ¨,-*$§#£@#
@#§§§$*-,¨ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ¨,-*$§§§#@
#§$-,¨¨¨¨¨ PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ¨¨¨¨¨,-$§#
#§$*,¨¨¨¨¨ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ¨¨¨¨¨,*$§#
##£#§$*-,¨ MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ¨,-*$§#£##
£§$**--,,¨ WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ¨,,--**$§£
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#@£#§$*-,¨ YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ¨,-*$§#£@#
@£#§§$*-,¨ FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ¨,-*$§§#£@
#@£#§$*-,¨ BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ¨,-*$§#£@#
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£§$-,¨¨¨¨¨ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ¨¨¨¨¨,-$§£
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#@£#§$*-,¨ THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ¨,-*$§#£@#
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