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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 ##@&£**»,.
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.,»**£## 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 ##@&£**»,.
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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 #&**».....
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.,»**£&@## 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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.,»**£&@## DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ##@&£**»,.
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