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###§£%*«-, 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 ,-«*%£§###
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###§£%*«-, each floor would reflect suggestive ,-«*%£§###
###§£%*«-, patterns on the marble. ,-«*%£§###
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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 ,-«*%£§###
#§§%«,,,,, 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?" ,-«*%£§###
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§£%««-,,,, out a side route to a closed-off ,,,,-««%£§
#§£%%«--,, rooftop walking garden, full of juniper ,,--«%%£§#
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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 ,-«*%£§§§§
§§§£%*-,,, down on my knees, and then crawled ,,,-*%£§§§
#§%«,,,,,, closer. she laughed at me again, and ,,,,,,«%§#
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