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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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..-~=†$@£# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT #£@$†=~-..
.-~=†$@£## DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ##£@$†=~-.
..-~=†$@£# CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND #£@$†=~-..
.-~=†$@£## SAID - ##£@$†=~-.
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