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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 $:~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~: were generously sprinkled throughout :~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~ each floor would reflect suggestive ~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,~:$£&¶ 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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