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¨,=†*$¤£## SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ##£¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£## POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ##£¤$*†=,¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT ##£¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£## QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ##£¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤££# WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. #££¤$*†=,¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN ##£¤$*†=,¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN ##£¤$*†=,¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ##£¤$*†=,¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ##£¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£## MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ##£¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£££ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER £££¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£££ PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY £££¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£££ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT £££¤$*†=,¨
¨,=†*$¤£## MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##£¤$*†=,¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ##£¤$*†=,¨
¨¨,,††*¤¤# FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" #¤¤*††,,¨¨
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¨,=†*$¤£## SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ##£¤$*†=,¨
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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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