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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 .......:~^
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@%^~:..... 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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