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##£§$%;~,, SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ,,~;%$§£##
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§§$$$%;~,, POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ,,~;%$$$§§
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£$%;;~,,,, SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ,,,,~;;%$£
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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 ,,,,,,;%§£
##£§$%;~,, TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ,,~;%$§£##
##£§$%;~,, WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ,,~;%$§£##
£$%%%%;~,, QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ,,~;%%%%$£
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##£§$%;~,, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ,,~;%$§£##
§$;;;;,,,, WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ,,,,;;;;$§
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£££§$%;~,, A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ,,~;%$§£££
##£§$%;~,, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ,,~;%$§£##
§$%%%~,,,, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ,,,,~%%%$§
##£§$%;~,, WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ,,~;%$§£##
§$$;;~,,,, TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ,,,,~;;$$§
##£§$%;~,, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,~;%$§£##
##£§$%;~,, WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ,,~;%$§£##
###§$%;~,, EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ,,~;%$§###
###£§%;~,, PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ,,~;%§£###
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###£§%;~,, VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ,,~;%§£###
##£§$%;~,, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,,~;%$§£##
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##£§$%;~,, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,,~;%$§£##
##£§$%;~,, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,,~;%$§£##
§§§§$%;~,, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,~;%$§§§§
#££§$%;~,, LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,,~;%$§££#
#££§$%;~,, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,,~;%$§££#
##£§$%;~,, WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ,,~;%$§£##
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##£§$%;~,, YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ,,~;%$§£##
##£§$%;~,, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ,,~;%$§£##
#§§§$%;~,, BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ,,~;%$§§§#
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##£§$%;~,, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,,~;%$§£##
§§$%~,,,,, THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ,,,,,~%$§§
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§§%~,,,,,, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,,,,,,~%§§
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