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###@&£%:«. SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN .«:%£&@###
##@&£%:«^. A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / .^«:%£&@##
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###&£%:«^. POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE .^«:%£&###
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#@£££%:«^. 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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##@&£%:«^. THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. .^«:%£&@##
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#@&%«^.... 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 .^«:%£&@##
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@£:«...... VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ......«:£@
@£%:^^.... APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ....^^:%£@
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##@&£%:«^. I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T .^«:%£&@##
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##@&£%:«^. STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER .^«:%£&@##
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##@&£%:«^. 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 .^«:%£&@##
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##@&£%:«^. ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER .^«:%£&@##
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##@&£%:«^. THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING .^«:%£&@##
##@&£%:«^. CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED .^«:%£&@##
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##@&£%:«^. THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. .^«:%£&@##
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&%%«^..... DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED .....^«%%&
##@&£%:«^. CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND .^«:%£&@##
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