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&¤:..¨¨¨¨¨ sixteen years, together with my dad in ¨¨¨¨¨..:¤&
#@£&¤%:=.¨ a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ¨.=:%¤&£@#
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##@£&¤%:=. 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 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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£&¤::=.¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨.:¤&&
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##£&¤%:=.¨ tree or giant fern. the boulevard was ¨.=:%¤&£##
##£&¤%:=.¨ dimly lit, which allowed the pools that ¨.=:%¤&£##
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#@£&¤%:=.¨ 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 ¨.=:%¤&£@#
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#@£&¤%:=.¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨.::%&£
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#@£&¤%:=.¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨=:::¤&
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