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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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