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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 ,,,,,,,,.~
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