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##£¤%$;~-. SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY .-~;$%¤£##
###£%$;~-. POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE .-~;$%£###
##£¤%$;~-. THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING .-~;$%¤£##
£££¤%$;~-. BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D .-~;$%¤£££
##£¤%$;~-. SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT .-~;$%¤£##
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#¤¤$$$;~-. THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A .-~;$$$¤¤#
##£¤%$;~-. GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER .-~;$%¤£##
£¤$$~..... SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY .....~$$¤£
##£¤%$;~-. TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD .-~;$%¤£##
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££%;;-.... QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ....-;;%££
#¤%;;~.... WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ....~;;%¤#
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###¤%$;~-. THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. .-~;$%¤###
##£¤%$;~-. WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN .-~;$%¤£##
##£¤%$;~-. GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN .-~;$%¤£##
##£¤%$;~-. A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM .-~;$%¤£##
##£¤%$;~-. TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS .-~;$%¤£##
##£¤%$;~-. DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT .-~;$%¤£##
##£¤%$;~-. WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT .-~;$%¤£##
##£¤%$;~-. EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. BOTH THE SHOES. .-~;$%¤£##
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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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##£¤%$;~-. SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING .-~;$%¤£##
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##£¤%$;~-. CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND .-~;$%¤£##
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