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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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