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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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¤^†-...... 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. ...-†^¤¤¶#
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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 ...-†^¤¤¶#
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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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