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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 ¨¨¨¨^^\@££
#@£¤@†\«^¨ 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. ¨^«\†@¤£@@
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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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#@£¤@†\«^¨ 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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