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#£££§«¨¨¨¨ 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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£££§§««,¨¨ 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 ¨,«\§££¶##
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#¶¶££§\«,¨ 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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