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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. ,,,^\^%££@
#@££%^\^,, ,,^\^%££@#
##@££%^\^, 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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