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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 ,&&,,,,&,,
,&,,,,,,&, 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. &,&&,,,,,&
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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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