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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 .##.##.#..
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#.##...##. 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?" #.#.###.#.
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#.##...### AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND #.#....#.#
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##.###.##. 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 #...#..##.
#####..#.# SAID - .#..##.#.#
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