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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 ,##,##,#,,
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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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#,##,#,,,, 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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,,,##,,,,# 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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