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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 ¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¨
¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¨ 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. ¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤
¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¤¤ ¤¨¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤
¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨ 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. ¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨
¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨
¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨ 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. ¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¤
¨¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¨ ¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¤
¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¤
¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¤ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨
¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¤¨
¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¨¨ SAID - ¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤
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¤¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¨¤ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¤¤
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