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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 ##,,,#,#,#
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,#,#,#,##, 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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,,,#,##,,, OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ,##,,##,#,
,,###,#,,, ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER #,#,#,###,
,#,,###,,, 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 #,##,,,#,,
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