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##@£%;«-¨¨ A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ¨¨-«;%£@##
#@£%;«-¨¨¨ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ¨¨¨-«;%£@#
##@£%;«-¨¨ POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ¨¨-«;%£@##
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##@£%;«-¨¨ THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ¨¨-«;%£@##
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##@£%;«-¨¨ 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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#@£%;«-¨¨¨ VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ¨¨¨-«;%£@#
##@£%;«-¨¨ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ¨¨-«;%£@##
###@£%;«-¨ IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ¨-«;%£@###
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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 ¨¨-«;%£@##
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##@£%;«-¨¨ LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ¨¨-«;%£@##
###@£%;«-¨ MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ¨-«;%£@###
##@£%;«-¨¨ WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ¨¨-«;%£@##
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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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##@£%;«-¨¨ SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ¨¨-«;%£@##
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##@£%;«-¨¨ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ¨¨-«;%£@##
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##@£%;«-¨¨ 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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