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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. ¶@£^^««,,,
,.«^$£@¶##                                          ##¶@£$^«.,
,.««^^$@¶# this  night he had  just tried to  woo a #¶@$^^««.,
,.«^$£@¶## girl he called a  "mouse"  by buying her ##¶@£$^«.,
,,,,,«^££¶ 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 #¶@£^«.,,,
,,,,.^$££@   were generously sprinkled throughout   @££$^.,,,,
,,,,««^$@¶    each floor would reflect suggestive   ¶@$^««,,,,
,,,,,«^^$@         patterns on the marble.          @$^^«,,,,,
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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. ###¶@£^«.,
,.«^$£@### in  the  nearest  vase  she had  stuffed ###@£$^«.,
,,,,«$$££@              both the shoes.             @££$$«,,,,
,.«^$£@¶##                                          ##¶@£$^«.,
,.««^^^$£@ i told her  to  follow, but  she  didn't @£$^^^««.,
,,,««$$@@# move  or  speak.  so  instead i  said to #@@$$««,,,
,.«^$@¶### stay there, and ran to  get her a better ###¶@$^«.,
,.«^$£@¶## pair  of shoes  that she would  actually ##¶@£$^«.,
,.«^$£@¶## like.  when  i  returned,  having  spent ##¶@£$^«.,
,.«^$£@¶## more than  i  could  really afford,  she ##¶@£$^«.,
,,,,.^$$@# was visibly impressed. i tried  to sound #@$$^.,,,,
,.«^$£@¶## cool, saying  something  like  "what  do ##¶@£$^«.,
,.«^$£@### you think, just  because  a  girl  has a ###@£$^«.,
,.«^$£@¶## freaky  dad,  she doesn't  have  taste?" ##¶@£$^«.,
,.«^$£@### but  mouse  girl  just  laughed  at  me. ###@£$^«.,
,.«^$£@###                                          ###@£$^«.,
,,,«^^£@¶¶ 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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,.«^$£@¶## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##¶@£$^«.,
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