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##@¤%†\»,. sixteen years, together with my dad in .,»\†%¤@##
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###¤%†\»,. 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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@¤%\\,,... 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 ..,»\\†¤¤#
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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 .,»\†%¤@##
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##@¤%†\»,. 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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@%\\,,.... 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 .,»\†%¤@##
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###@%†\»,. closer. she laughed at me again, and .,»\†%@###
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