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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 ###.###.#.
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.###...... 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 #.....#..#
...##..##. 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. ###.#.#.#.
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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 ##...##...
#.##.....# 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 ###.##..#.
##.###...# DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ..##.#.###
.##..#..#. CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND .#.####...
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