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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 ¨¨¨¨¨«††&&
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£&†«¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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##£&§†;«-¨ 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 ¨-«;†§&£##
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###£&§;«-¨ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ¨-«;§&£###
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