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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 #,,,,,#,##
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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 ,###,,#,,#
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,#,##,##,# WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ,##,###,##
####,##,## EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE ##,##,,##,
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#,,#,,,,,, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. #,,#,,,,,#
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,#,,##,##, 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 ,,#,##,###
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###,##,,#, YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ,##,,##,#,
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#,,#,,#,## ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ###,#,,,##
,#,##,###, AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ,,,###,,#,
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#,#,#,#### 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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