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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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