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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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