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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 ¨-~/§£@###
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##£§/~-¨¨¨ 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 ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ¨-~/§£@###
###@£§/~-¨ WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ 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 ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT ¨-~/§£@###
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨-/£@
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###@£§/~-¨ I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ¨-~/§£@###
#@§~¨¨¨¨¨¨ MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ¨¨¨¨¨¨~§@#
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##@@£§/~-¨ 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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###@£§/~-¨ OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ¨-~/§£@###
##£//-¨¨¨¨ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ¨¨¨¨-//£##
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###@£§/~-¨ THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY ¨-~/§£@###
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###@£§/~-¨ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨-~/§£@###
###@£§/~-¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨-~/§£@###
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