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£$\--¨¨¨¨¨ sixteen years, together with my dad in ¨¨¨¨¨--\$£
##@£$%\-^¨ a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ¨^-\%$£@##
££$%\^¨¨¨¨ shopping centre. dad was constatly ¨¨¨¨^\%$££
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@£§§$%\-^¨ that black-haired thing dissapearing ¨^-\%$§§£@
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##@§$%\-^¨ 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 ¨^-\%$§£@#
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@@£§$%\-^¨ quickly. i said goodnight to him and ¨^-\%$§£@@
#@£§$%\-^¨ went looking for the mouse. ¨^-\%$§£@#
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#@£§$%\-^¨ the building was enormous and mazelike. ¨^-\%$§£@#
§%\--¨¨¨¨¨ walls, floors and pillars were set in ¨¨¨¨¨--\%§
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#@£§$%\-^¨ framed with clay vases dark as obsidian ¨^-\%$§£@#
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§$\^¨¨¨¨¨¨ dimly lit, which allowed the pools that ¨¨¨¨¨¨^\$§
##£§$%\-^¨ were generously sprinkled throughout ¨^-\%$§£##
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@§%-^¨¨¨¨¨ patterns on the marble. ¨¨¨¨¨^-%§@
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£$%-^^^¨¨¨ vases. she was beautiful, and as i ¨¨¨^^^-%$£
§%\\-^¨¨¨¨ approached, she looked up and sniveled. ¨¨¨¨^-\\%§
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##@£§%\-^¨ both the shoes. ¨^-\%§£@##
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£$\-^¨¨¨¨¨ i told her to follow, but she didn't ¨¨¨¨¨^-\$£
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££$%%-¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨^-\%$§£@#
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#@£§$%\-^¨ 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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@£$\-¨¨¨¨¨ out a side route to a closed-off ¨¨¨¨¨-\$£@
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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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