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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 .-~\†£§###
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###§£†\~-. WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. .-~\†£§###
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###§£†\~-. THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. .-~\†£§###
####§£†~-. WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN .-~†£§####
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#£††~~.... 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. ...-\†££§§
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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 .-~\†£§###
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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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§££\~-.... 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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§£\\\~~... DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ...~~\\\£§
§††\\~.... CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ....~\\††§
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