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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 #,#,,##,#,
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,#,,#,##,# QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ,,,##,,,,,
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,##,#,,,,, GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN #,,,,#,#,#
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,,##,,,#,, DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,#,##,#,,#
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,,#######, 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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,,,,#,###, FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" #,#####,#,
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