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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. ¶£%\\^,,,,
,,,,,^\¤¤£ £¤¤\^,,,,,
,^»\%¤£¶## 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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,,,,^\%¤£# \ \ \ \ #£¤%\^,,,,
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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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