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££§§§%/-:¨ sixteen years, together with my dad in ¨:-/%§§§££
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##££§%/-:¨ 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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##££§%/-:¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:/%£
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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-%£
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#£§/:¨¨¨¨¨ like. when i returned, having spent ¨¨¨¨¨:/§£#
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#£££§%/-:¨ was visibly impressed. i tried to sound ¨:-/%§£££#
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#£§§§%/-:¨ you think, just because a girl has a ¨:-/%§§§£#
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###£§%/-:¨ but mouse girl just laughed at me. ¨:-/%§£###
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£§//::¨¨¨¨ she then took me by the hand and led me ¨¨¨¨:://§£
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££££§%/-:¨ and thuja. it was a late evening, and ¨:-/%§££££
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££££§%/-:¨ around by the light shining down from ¨:-/%§££££
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£§§§§%/-:¨ she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ¨:-/%§§§§£
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