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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 ¨:«/*£§§§¶
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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 ¨:«///*£§§
##¶§£*/«:¨ 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 ¨:«/**£§§#
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##¶§£*/«:¨ patterns on the marble. ¨:«/*£§¶##
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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 ¨:«/*£§¶##
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#¶¶§£*/«:¨ like. when i returned, having spent ¨:«/*£§¶¶#
#§§*/««::¨ more than i could really afford, she ¨::««/*§§#
##¶§£*/«:¨ was visibly impressed. i tried to sound ¨:«/*£§¶##
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##¶§£*/«:¨ 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 ¨:«/*£§###
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¶§£/«¨¨¨¨¨ off, but we could still see our way ¨¨¨¨¨«/£§¶
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¶¶£//«:::¨ the windows of the higher floors. ¨:::«//£¶¶
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##¶§£*/«:¨ she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ¨:«/*£§¶##
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#¶¶§£*/«:¨ closer. she laughed at me again, and ¨:«/*£§¶¶#
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