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#¶¤£$/»~.. A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ..~»/$£¤¶#
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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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#¶¤£$/»~.. THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ..~»/$£¤¶#
##¶¤£$/»~. GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER .~»/$£¤¶##
###¶¤£$/»~ SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ~»/$£¤¶###
##¶¤£$/»~. TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD .~»/$£¤¶##
#¶¤£$/»~.. WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ..~»/$£¤¶#
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###¶¤£$/»~ THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ~»/$£¤¶###
##¶¤£$/»~. WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN .~»/$£¤¶##
#¶¤£$/»~.. GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ..~»/$£¤¶#
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#¶¤£$/»~.. FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ..~»/$£¤¶#
##¶¤£$/»~. AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE .~»/$£¤¶##
###¶¤£$/»~ WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM ~»/$£¤¶###
##¶¤£$/»~. TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS .~»/$£¤¶##
#¶¤£$/»~.. DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ..~»/$£¤¶#
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#¶¤£$/»~.. EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ..~»/$£¤¶#
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##¶¤£$/»~. VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I .~»/$£¤¶##
###¶¤£$/»~ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ~»/$£¤¶###
##¶¤£$/»~. IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED .~»/$£¤¶##
#¶¤£$/»~.. BOTH THE SHOES. ..~»/$£¤¶#
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#¶¤£$/»~.. I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ..~»/$£¤¶#
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###¶¤£$/»~ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ~»/$£¤¶###
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#¶¤£$/»~.. LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ..~»/$£¤¶#
¶¤£$/»~... MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ...~»/$£¤¶
#¶¤£$/»~.. WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ..~»/$£¤¶#
##¶¤£$/»~. COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO .~»/$£¤¶##
###¶¤£$/»~ YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ~»/$£¤¶###
##¶¤£$/»~. FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" .~»/$£¤¶##
#¶¤£$/»~.. BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ..~»/$£¤¶#
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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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