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,:-///§£££ SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN £££§///-:,
,,,,--//§£ A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / £§//--,,,,
,,,,,,:-=£ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY £=-:,,,,,,
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,:-/=§££## 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 £===-,,,,,
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,:-/=§££## 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 ££§=--,,,,
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,:-/=§££## 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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,:-/=§££## I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ##££§=/-:,
,:-/=§££## VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ##££§=/-:,
,:-/=§££## APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ##££§=/-:,
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,:-/=§££## BOTH THE SHOES. ##££§=/-:,
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,:-/=§£### I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ###£§=/-:,
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,:-/=§£££# 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 ##££§=/-:,
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