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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 ¨-»\†*§###
§§*†\-¨¨¨¨ said - ¨¨¨¨-\†*§§
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§*†»--¨¨¨¨ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¨¨¨¨--»†*§
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