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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 ##£¤&†^~,¨
¨¨¨,,~†&£# 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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