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¤¤$$^^;»,¨ sixteen years, together with my dad in ¨,»;^^$$¤¤
#¤^^;»»¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨,;^^¤@#
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###¤$^;»,¨ freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ¨,»;^$¤###
¤¤¤$;;,¨¨¨ but mouse girl just laughed at me. ¨¨¨,;;$¤¤¤
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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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