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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 ,#,#,#,,#,
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#,,#,###,, 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 ,#,,#,##,#
#,,####,,, 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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#,,,###,## 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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